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ThenאָזMosesמֹשֶׁהset apartיַבְדִּילthreeשָׁלֹשׁcitiesעָרִיםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןtoward the sunrise,מִזְרְחָה שָׁמֶשׁ
Deuteronomy 4:41
Study it in the app“Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sunrise,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:41, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- set apartיַבְדִּילyavdil
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “yavdil” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- toward the sunriseמִזְרְחָmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- toward the sunriseשָׁמֶשׁshamesh
east
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
40Keep his statutes and his commandments that I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days on the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you all the days.
41 · This verse (above)
42for the manslayer to flee there, who kills his neighbor unknowingly, and he did not hate him previously, so that by fleeing to one of these cities he may live: