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The avengerגֹּאֵלof bloodהַדָּםhimselfהוּאshall put to deathיָמִיתthe manslayer;הָרֹצֵחַwhen he meetsבְּפִגְעוֹhim,בוֹheהוּאshall put him to death.יְמִיתֶנּוּ
Numbers 35:19
Study it in the app“The avenger of blood himself shall put to death the manslayer; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:19, 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- shall put to deathיָמִיתyamit
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yamit” appears- the manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach
manslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appears- when he meetsפִגְעfig
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “fig” appears
The context
18Or with a wooden hand object by which one may die he struck him and he died, he is a manslayer; the manslayer shall surely be put to death.
19 · This verse (above)
20And if in hatred he pushed him or threw something at him lying in wait, and he died,