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so thatלָthe manslayerרוֹצֵחַwho mortally strikes a personמַכֵּה נֶפֶשׁinadvertently,בִּשְׁגָגָהunknowingly,בִּבְלִי דָעַתmay fleeנוּסthere;שָׁמָּהand they shall beוְהָיוּfor youלָכֶםa refugeלְמִקְלָטfrom the avengerמִגֹּאֵלof blood.הַדָּם
Joshua 20:3
Study it in the app“so that the manslayer who mortally strikes a person inadvertently, unknowingly, may flee there; and they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 20:3, word by word
- the manslayerרוֹצֵחַrotseach
manslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appears- who mortally strikes a personמַכֵּהmake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appears- who mortally strikes a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- inadvertentlyשְׁגָגָהshegaga
inadvertence
Inadvertence: a sin committed without realizing it or without intending it.
Where else “shegaga” appears- unknowinglyבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- unknowinglyדָעַתdaat
unknowingly
Doing something unintentionally, without realizing the harm.
Where else “daat” appears- may fleeנוּסnus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nus” appears- and they shall beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a refugeמִקְלָטmiklat
refuge
Refuge, asylum: a place where someone is kept safe.
Where else “miklat” appears- from the avengerגֹּאֵלgoel
avenger
The relative who paid back the killing of a family member.
Where else “goel” appears- of bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears
The context
2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Set apart for yourselves the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
3 · This verse (above)
4And he shall flee to one of these cities and stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and speak his words in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to themselves, and give him a place, and he shall live with them.