Deuteronomy 19:4
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
רָצַח
râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
אָן
ʼân
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
שָׁגַג
shâgag
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁגַג shâgag
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
Study H7683 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →רָצַח râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
Study H7523 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →Cross References
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in ti...
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle...
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be rul...
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