Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 35:5 Interlinear

And ye shall measure from without and the city side on the east two thousand cubits side and on the south two thousand cubits side and on the west two thousand cubits side and on the north two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst this shall be to them the suburbs and the city

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּמַדֹּתֶ֞םH4058And ye shall measureproperly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
2מִח֣וּץH2351from withoutproperly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors
3הֶֽעָרִֽים׃H5892and the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5פְּאַ֥תH6285sideproperly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
6קֵ֣דְמָהH6924on the eastthe front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
7אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505two thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
8בָּֽאַמָּ֖הH520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
9וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10פְּאַ֥תH6285sideproperly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
11נֶגֶב֩H5045and on the souththe south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
12אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505two thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
13בָּֽאַמָּ֖הH520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
14וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15פְּאַ֥תH6285sideproperly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
16יָ֣ם׀H3220and on the westa sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
17אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505two thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
18בָּֽאַמָּ֖הH520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
19וְאֵ֨תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
20פְּאַ֥תH6285sideproperly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
21צָפ֛וֹןH6828and on the northproperly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
22אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505two thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
23בָּֽאַמָּ֖הH520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
24הֶֽעָרִֽים׃H5892and the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
25בַּתָּ֑וֶךְH8432shall be in the midsta bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
26זֶ֚הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
27יִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
28לָהֶ֔םH0
29מִגְרְשֵׁ֖יH4054this shall be to them the suburbsa suburb (i.e., open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
30הֶֽעָרִֽים׃H5892and the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Verse Context

Numbers 35:4And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites shall reach from the wall...
Numbers 35:5 (current)And ye shall measure from without and the city side on the east two thousand cubits side and on the south two thousand cubits side and on the west two thousand cubits side and on the north two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst this shall be to them the suburbs and the city
Numbers 35:6 And among the cities thither and to them ye shall add unto the Levites ...

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