Deuteronomy 4:41

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Moses set apart three cities east of the Jordan.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

Then yaḇdîl mōšeh three ʿārîm in-ʿēḇer the-yardēn mizrəḥāh šāmeš.

Grammar Details

• *yaḇdîl*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he set apart
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʿārîm*: feminine plural noun - cities
• *ʿēḇer*: masculine singular construct - side of/region of
• *yardēn*: proper noun with definite article - the Jordan
• *mizrəḥāh*: adverb - eastward
• *šāmeš*: common noun - sun

Word Meanings

• *yaḇdîl*: to separate/set apart/divide
• *ʿārîm*: cities/towns/settlements
• *ʿēḇer*: side/region/crossing/beyond
• *mizrəḥāh*: eastward/toward the east
• *šāmeš*: sun/sunrise

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Moses severed three cities on this si Jordan toward the sunrising;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sunrise;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then Moses seuered.iij. cities on the other syde Iordane towarde the sonne rysynge,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane, towarde the Sonne rysinge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Moses separated three cities on this side of Iorden toward the sunne rising:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Moyses seuered three cities on the other side Iordane towarde the sunne rysyng:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Narrative Concerning Cities of Refuge Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.

Referenced Verses

• Num 35:6 : 6 The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities.
• Num 35:14-15 : 14 Three of these cities you shall give on the east side of the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities will be a refuge for the Israelites, for the foreigner, and for the sojourner living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally kills another can flee there.
• Josh 20:2-9 : 2 Speak to the people of Israel, saying: Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge that I spoke about to you through Moses. 3 These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them. 5 If the avenger of blood pursues them, the city must not hand over the one who committed the killing, because they killed their neighbor unintentionally and without prior hostility. 6 The person must stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may return to their own city and home, from which they fled. 7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 8 Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.