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The citiesוְ הֶעָרִיםshall beהָיוּtheirsלָהֶםto dwell in,לָשָׁבֶתand their pasturelandsוּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶםshall beיִהְיוּfor their beastsלִבְהֶמְתָּםand for their goodsוְלִרְכֻשָׁםand for allוּלְכֹלtheir animals.חַיָּתָם
Numbers 35:3
Study it in the app“The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their beasts and for their goods and for all their animals.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:3, word by word
- The citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- shall beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- to dwell inשָׁבֶתshavet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shavet” appears- and their pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears- for their beastsבְהֶמְתָּvehemta
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehemta” appears- and for their goodsרְכֻשָׁrechusha
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechusha” appears- their animalsחַיָּתָchayata
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayata” appears
The context
2“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites, from the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and pasturelands for the cities all around them you shall give to the Levites.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the pasturelands of the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.