11{
"verseID": "Numbers.35.11",
"source": "וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם לָכֶם֙ עָרִ֔ים עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָ֥ס שָׁ֙מָּה֙ רֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃",
"text": "And *wəhiqrîṯem* for yourselves cities, cities of *miqlāṭ* *tihyeynâ* for you, and *wənās* *šāmmâ* *rōṣēaḥ* *makkēh*-*nepeš* *bišḡāḡâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəhiqrîṯem*": "waw-consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall appoint",
"*miqlāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - refuge",
"*tihyeynâ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they shall be",
"*wənās*": "waw-consecutive + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and shall flee",
"*šāmmâ*": "adverb with directional *he* - there/thither",
"*rōṣēaḥ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - murderer/manslayer",
"*makkēh*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular construct - striker of",
"*nepeš*": "feminine singular noun - soul/person",
"*bišḡāḡâ*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - in error/unintentionally"
},
"variants": {
"*hiqrîṯem*": "appoint/designate/set aside",
"*miqlāṭ*": "refuge/asylum",
"*rōṣēaḥ*": "murderer/manslayer/one who kills another",
"*nepeš*": "soul/person/life",
"*šəḡāḡâ*": "error/mistake/unintentional sin"
}
}
12{
"verseID": "Numbers.35.12",
"source": "וְהָי֨וּ לָכֶ֧ם הֶעָרִ֛ים לְמִקְלָ֖ט מִגֹּאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א יָמוּת֙ הָרֹצֵ֔חַ עַד־עָמְד֛וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃",
"text": "And *wəhāyu* for you the cities for *miqlāṭ* from *gōʾēl* and not *yāmuṯ* *hārōṣēaḥ* until *ʿāmḏô* before *hāʿēḏâ* *lammišpāṭ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəhāyu*": "waw-consecutive + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they shall be",
"*miqlāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - refuge",
"*gōʾēl*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - redeemer/avenger",
"*yāmuṯ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall die",
"*hārōṣēaḥ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the murderer/manslayer",
"*ʿāmḏô*": "Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his standing",
"*hāʿēḏâ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the congregation",
"*lammišpāṭ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the judgment"
},
"variants": {
"*gōʾēl*": "redeemer/avenger/kinsman-redeemer",
"*ʿēḏâ*": "congregation/assembly/community",
"*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/legal decision"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Numbers.35.13",
"source": "וְהֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֵּ֑נוּ שֵׁשׁ־עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לָכֶֽם׃",
"text": "And the cities *ʾăšer* you give, six-cities of *miqlāṭ* *tihyeynâ* for you.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*tittēnu*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall give",
"*miqlāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - refuge",
"*tihyeynâ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they shall be"
},
"variants": {
"*miqlāṭ*": "refuge/asylum"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Numbers.35.14",
"source": "אֵ֣ת ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ הֶעָרִ֗ים תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וְאֵת֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ הֶֽעָרִ֔ים תִּתְּנ֖וּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃",
"text": "*ʾĒṯ* three the cities you shall give from *ʿēḇer* to *hayyardēn* and *ʾēṯ* three the cities you shall give in *ʾereṣ* *Kənāʿan* cities of *miqlāṭ* *tihyeynâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*titənu*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall give",
"*ʿēḇer*": "masculine singular noun construct - side of/across",
"*hayyardēn*": "definite article + proper noun - the Jordan",
"*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun construct - land of",
"*Kənāʿan*": "proper noun - Canaan",
"*miqlāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - refuge",
"*tihyeynâ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they shall be"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿēḇer*": "side/region/beyond/across",
"*miqlāṭ*": "refuge/asylum"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Numbers.35.15",
"source": "לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְלַגֵּ֤ר וְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔ם תִּהְיֶ֛ינָה שֵׁשׁ־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לְמִקְלָ֑ט לָנ֣וּס שָׁ֔מָּה כָּל־מַכֵּה־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃",
"text": "For *bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl* and for *haggēr* and for *hattôšāḇ* *bəṯôḵām* *tihyeynâ* six-the cities *hāʾēlleh* for *miqlāṭ* *lānûs* *šāmmâ* all-*makkēh*-*nepeš* *bišḡāḡâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*bənê*": "construct masculine plural of *bēn* - sons of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*haggēr*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the stranger",
"*hattôšāḇ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the sojourner",
"*bəṯôḵām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their midst",
"*tihyeynâ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they shall be",
"*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative plural adjective - these",
"*miqlāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - refuge",
"*lānûs*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to flee",
"*šāmmâ*": "adverb with directional *he* - there/thither",
"*makkēh*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular construct - striker of",
"*nepeš*": "feminine singular noun - soul/person",
"*bišḡāḡâ*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - in error/unintentionally"
},
"variants": {
"*gēr*": "stranger/foreigner/resident alien",
"*tôšāḇ*": "sojourner/temporary resident/foreign resident",
"*miqlāṭ*": "refuge/asylum",
"*nepeš*": "soul/person/life",
"*šəḡāḡâ*": "error/mistake/unintentional sin"
}
}