Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 35:12 Interlinear

And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger die that the manslayer not until he stand before the congregation in judgment

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָי֨וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2לָכֶ֧םH0
3הֶֽעָרִ֛יםH5892And they shall be unto you citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4לְמִקְלָ֖טH4733for refugean asylum (as a receptacle)
5מִגֹּאֵ֑לH1350from 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
6וְלֹ֤אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7יָמוּת֙H4191dieto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
8הָֽרֹצֵ֔חַH7523that the manslayerproperly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
9עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
10עָמְד֛וֹH5975not until he standto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
11לִפְנֵ֥יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
12הָֽעֵדָ֖הH5712the congregationa stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
13לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃H4941in judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

Verse Context

Numbers 35:11Then ye shall appoint to be cities to be cities of refuge ...
Numbers 35:12 (current) And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger die that the manslayer not until he stand before the congregation in judgment
Numbers 35:13And of these cities which ye shall give six And of these cities shall ye have for refuge...

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