Study it in the app“And 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.”
And you shall measureוּמַדֹּתֶםoutsideמִחוּץthe cityלָעִירthe east sideפְּאַת קֵדְמָהtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםcubits,בָּאַמָּהand the south sideוְ פְּאַת נֶגֶבtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםcubits,בָּאַמָּהand the west sideוְ פְּאַת יָםtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםcubits,בָּאַמָּהand the north sideוְ פְּאַת צָפוֹןtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםcubits,בָּאַמָּהwith the cityוְהָעִירin the middle;בַּתָּוֶךְthisזֶהshall beיִהְיֶהfor themלָהֶםthe pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיof the cities.הֶעָרִים
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “madotem” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsside
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “peat” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yam” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafon” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tavech” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearspasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge that you shall give for the manslayer to flee there; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
