Joshua 20:3:10Josh.20.3.W10TAB
מִגֹּאֵ֖ל
miggoel
“from the avenger”
- Transliteration
- mig-go-EL
- Extended
- mig-goh-EEEL
- IPA
- /mig.goˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the avenger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mig-go-EL
- clause
ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
- sentence
la-NUS SHA-mah ro-TSE-akh ma-KEH-NE-fesh bish-ga-GAH biv-LI-DA-at ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase miggoel haddam {מִגֹּאֵ֖ל הַדָּֽם | miggōʾēl haddām} frames the protection in judicial-social terms: refuge is specifically “from” the blood-avenger, the authorized claimant in kin justice.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–aleph–lamed
“to reclaim, act as kinsman”
In context — Joshua 20:3
The manslayer who strikes a person unintentionally without knowledge may flee there, and they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 20:3, so the Hebrew word מִגֹּאֵ֖ל (miggoel) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.20.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.3.W10.S1) and character.