Numbers 35:4 Go deeper
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And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. (KJV)
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וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙u.mig.re.Sheiand [the] pasture lands of
Lemma: מִגְרָשׁ (mig.rash) · Strong's: H4054
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: pasture
Used 111 times. Also: Leviticus 25:34, Numbers 35:2, Numbers 35:3, Numbers 35:5, Numbers 35:7, Joshua 14:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4054; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 1
הֶֽעָרִ֔יםhe.'a.Rimthe cities
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 2
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 3
תִּתְּנ֖וּti.te.Nuyou will give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 4
לַלְוִיִּ֑םlal.vi.Yimto the Levites
Lemma: לֵוִי (le.viy.yi) · Strong's: H3881
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Levi
Used 291 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3881; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 5
מִקִּ֤ירmi.Kir[will be] from [the] wall of
Lemma: קִיר (qir) · Strong's: H7023
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wall
Used 74 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7023; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 6
הָעִיר֙ha.'Irthe city
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 7
וָח֔וּצָהva.Chu.tzahand [the] outside towards
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 8
אֶ֥לֶף'E.lefone thousand
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)
Meaning: thousand
Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 9
אַמָּ֖ה'a.Mahcubit[s]
Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0520A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: cubit
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0520A; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 10
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall around
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Numbers 35:4 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The pasturelands | → | מִגְרָשׁ H4054 pasture |
| around the cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| you are to give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| the Levites | → | לֵוִי H3881 Levi |
| [will extend] | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| a thousand | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| cubits | → | אַמָּה H0520A cubit |
| from the wall | → | קִיר H7023 wall |
| on every side | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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