| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 19:4:1 ⧉וְזֶה֙vezehand this Deuteronomy 19:4:2 ⧉דְּבַ֣רdevaris the matter Deuteronomy 19:4:3 ⧉הָרֹצֵ֔חַharotseakhof the manslayer Deuteronomy 19:4:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־יָנ֥וּסasher yanuswho flees Deuteronomy 19:4:5 ⧉שָׁ֖מָּהshamahthere Deuteronomy 19:4:6 ⧉וָחָ֑יvakhaiand lives Deuteronomy 19:4:7 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherwho Deuteronomy 19:4:8 ⧉יַכֶּ֤הyakehstrikes Deuteronomy 19:4:9 ⧉אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙etreeihuhis neighbor Deuteronomy 19:4:10 ⧉בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַתbivleedaatunintentionally Deuteronomy 19:4:11 ⧉וְה֛וּאvehuand he Deuteronomy 19:4:12 ⧉לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥אlosonedoes not hate Deuteronomy 19:4:13 ⧉ל֖וֹlohim Deuteronomy 19:4:14 ⧉מִתְּמֹ֥לmittemolpreviously Deuteronomy 19:4:15 ⧉שִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃shilshomin the past |
| 4. Formal Translation And this is the case concerning the manslayer who flees there and lives when he strikes his neighbor without knowledge, provided that he had not hated him from yesterday or the day before. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation This is the rule about someone who kills a person and flees there for safety: if he kills his neighbor by accident and had shown no previous hatred toward him from yesterday or the day before. |