Hebrew Interlinear

Joshua 20:9 Interlinear

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among might flee them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֵ֣לֶּהH428these or those
2הָיוּ֩H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3עָרֵ֨יH5892These were the citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜הH4152appointedan appointed place, i.e., asylum
5לְכֹ֣ל׀H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6בְּנֵ֣יH1121for all the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
7יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
8וְלַגֵּר֙H1616and for the strangerproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
9הַגָּ֣רH1481that sojournethproperly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
10בְּתוֹכָ֔םH8432amonga bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
11לָנ֣וּסH5127might fleeto flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
12שָׁ֔מָּהH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
13כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14מַכֵּהH5221them that whosoever killethto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
15נֶ֖פֶשׁH5315any personproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
16בִּשְׁגָגָ֑הH7684at unawaresa mistake or inadvertent transgression
17וְלֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
18יָמ֗וּתH4191thither and not dieto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
19בְּיַד֙H3027by the handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
20גֹּאֵ֣לH1350of the avengerto 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
21הַדָּ֔םH1818of bloodblood (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
22עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
23עָמְד֖וֹH5975until he stoodto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
24לִפְנֵ֥יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
25הָֽעֵדָֽה׃H5712the congregationa stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

Verse Context

Joshua 20:8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward they assigned ...
Joshua 20:9 (current) These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among might flee them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation

Continue Your Study