Deuteronomy 4:42
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
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
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
שְׁגָגָה
shᵉgâgâh
a mistake or inadvertent transgression
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Key Terms in This Verse
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 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →Cross References
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and t...
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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