Joshua 20:5

“And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not hand over the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him beforehand.”

Joshua 20:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 20:5, word by word

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
pursuesיִרְדֹּףyirdof

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “yirdof” appears
hand overיַסְגִּרוּyasgiru

hand over

To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.

Where else “yasgiru” appears
the manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach

manslayer

One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.

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into his handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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he struckהִכָּהhika

strike dead

To strike dead, kill.

Where else “hika” appears
his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

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unknowinglyבְלִיveli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

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unknowinglyדַעַתdaat

unknowingly

Doing something unintentionally, without realizing the harm.

Where else “daat” appears
hateשֹׂנֵאsone

hate

To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.

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beforehandתְּמוֹלtemol

formerly

What was already so in times past, up to now.

Where else “temol” appears
beforehandשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom

day before yesterday

The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".

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The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6And he shall live in that city until he stands before the community for judgment, until the death of the high priest who is in those days. Then the manslayer shall return and come to his city and to his house, to the city from which he fled.’”

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