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Allכָּלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou shall giveתִּתְּנוּto the Levitesלַלְוִיִּםshall be forty-eightאַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶהcities,עִירthemאֶתְהֶןand their pasturelands.וְ מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן
Numbers 35:7
Study it in the app“All the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, them and their pasturelands.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:7, word by word
- 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 be forty-eightאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- shall be forty-eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemone
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears- and their pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the cities that you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, from the large you shall take more, and from the small you shall take fewer; each according to his inheritance that they inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.”