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you shall selectוְהִקְרִיתֶםfor yourselvesלָכֶםcities;עָרִיםthey shall beתִּהְיֶינָהcitiesעָרֵיof refugeמִקְלָטfor you,לָכֶםand the manslayerוְ רֹצֵחַwho strikes downמַכֵּהa personנֶפֶשׁinadvertentlyבִּשְׁגָגָהmay fleeנָסthere.שָׁמָּה
Numbers 35:11
Study it in the app“you shall select for yourselves cities; they shall be cities of refuge for you, and the manslayer who strikes down a person inadvertently may flee there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:11, word by word
- you shall selectהִקְרִיתֶםhikritem
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “hikritem” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- they shall beתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- of refugeמִקְלָטmiklat
refuge
Refuge, asylum: a place where someone is kept safe.
Where else “miklat” appears- and the manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach
manslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appears- who strikes downמַכֵּהmake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appears- 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- may fleeנָסnas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appears
The context
10“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 · This verse (above)
12The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the community for judgment.