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And the pasturelandsוּמִגְרְשֵׁיof the citiesהֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou shall giveתִּתְּנוּto the Levitesלַלְוִיִּםshall reach from the wallמִקִּירof the cityהָעִירoutwardוָחוּצָהa thousandאֶלֶףcubitsאַמָּהall around.סָבִיב
Numbers 35:4
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:4, word by word
- And the pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears- of the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- you shall giveתִּתְּנוּtitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnu” appears- to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- shall reach from the wallקִּירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- outwardחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
3The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their beasts and for their goods and for all their animals.
4 · This verse (above)
5And you shall measure outside the city the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the middle; this shall be for them the pasturelands of the cities.