Hebrew Interlinear
Joshua 20:3 Interlinear
“may flee That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לָנ֥וּס | H5127 | may flee | to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) |
| 2 | שָׁ֙מָּה֙ | H8033 | there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | |
| 3 | רוֹצֵ֔חַ | H7523 | That the slayer | properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder |
| 4 | מַכֵּה | H5221 | that killeth | to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | נֶ֥פֶשׁ | H5315 | any person | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 6 | בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה | H7684 | unawares | a mistake or inadvertent transgression |
| 7 | בִּבְלִי | H1097 | properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc | |
| 8 | דָ֑עַת | H1847 | and unwittingly | knowledge |
| 9 | וְהָי֤וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 10 | לָכֶם֙ | H0 | ||
| 11 | לְמִקְלָ֔ט | H4733 | thither and they shall be your refuge | an asylum (as a receptacle) |
| 12 | מִגֹּאֵ֖ל | H1350 | from the avenger | to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido |
| 13 | הַדָּֽם׃ | H1818 | of blood | blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe |
Verse Context
Joshua 20:2Speak to the children of Israel saying Appoint out...
Joshua 20:3 (current)may flee That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood
Joshua 20:4And when he that doth flee unto one him into the city shall stand...