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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אֵ֣לֶּה | H428 | these or those | |
| 2 | הָיוּ֩ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 3 | עָרֵ֨י | H5892 | These were the cities | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 4 | הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜ה | H4152 | appointed | an appointed place, i.e., asylum |
| 5 | לְכֹ֣ל׀ | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 6 | בְּנֵ֣י | H1121 | for all the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 7 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 8 | וְלַגֵּר֙ | H1616 | and for the stranger | properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner |
| 9 | הַגָּ֣ר | H1481 | that sojourneth | properly, 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); |
| 10 | בְּתוֹכָ֔ם | H8432 | among | a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center |
| 11 | לָנ֣וּס | H5127 | might flee | to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) |
| 12 | שָׁ֔מָּה | H8033 | there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | |
| 13 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 14 | מַכֵּה | H5221 | them that whosoever killeth | to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) |
| 15 | נֶ֖פֶשׁ | 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 |
| 16 | בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה | H7684 | at unawares | a mistake or inadvertent transgression |
| 17 | וְלֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 18 | יָמ֗וּת | H4191 | thither and not die | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 19 | בְּיַד֙ | H3027 | by the hand | a 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 |
| 20 | גֹּאֵ֣ל | H1350 | of 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 |
| 21 | הַדָּ֔ם | 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 |
| 22 | עַד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 23 | עָמְד֖וֹ | H5975 | until he stood | to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) |
| 24 | לִפְנֵ֥י | H6440 | before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 25 | הָֽעֵדָֽה׃ | H5712 | the congregation | a 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