שָׁלֹ֣שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ

   sha-LOSH

   three
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים

   sha-LOSH a-REEM

   three cities
3. clause🔊 וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

   ve-ya-SAFTA le-KHA OD sha-LOSH a-REEM al ha-sha-LOSH ha-e-LEH

   then you shall add for you more three cities on these three ones
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־תִשְׁמֹר֩ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַזֹּ֜את לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ וְלָלֶ֥כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

   ki-tish-MOR et-KOL-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT la-a-so-TAH a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-ka ha-YOM le-a-ha-VA et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-la-LE-khet bid-ra-KHAV kol-ha-ya-MIM ve-ya-SAFTA le-KHA OD sha-LOSH a-REEM al ha-sha-LOSH ha-e-LEH

   if you carefully observe all this commandment this to do it which I command you today to love the LORD your God and to walk in his ways all the days then you shall add for you more three cities on these three ones

Exegesis

vav with yāspaṯā {וְיָסַפְתָּ | wə-yāspaṯā} marks the resultant addition, with lĕḵā ’ôḏ šālōš ’ărîm ʿal ha-šālōš hā-’êleh {לְךָ עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה | ləḵā ’ôḏ šālōš ’ărîm ʿal-ha-šālōš hā-’êleh} specifying the enlargement of refuge cities. The English reconstructions preserve Hebrew parataxis and highlight the covenantal link between obedience, love, and divine provision.