And ifוְכִיthe avengerגֹּאֵלof bloodהַדָּםpursuesיִרְדֹּףhim,אַחֲרָיוthey shall notוְלֹאhand overיַסְגִּרוּthe manslayerהָרֹצֵחַinto his hand,בְּיָדוֹbecauseכִּיhe struckהִכָּהhis neighborרֵעֵהוּunknowingly,בִבְלִי דַעַתand did notוְלֹאhateשֹׂנֵאhimלוֹbeforehand.מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם
Joshua 20:5
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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.
Where else “rotseach” appears- into his handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- he struckהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- unknowinglyבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- 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.
Where else “sone” appears- 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".
Where else “shilshom” appears
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.’”