Joshua 20:5:7Josh.20.5.W7TAB
אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ
etharotseakh
“the manslayer”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ro-TSE-akh
- Extended
- eet-hah-roh-TSEH-akh
- IPA
- /ʔet.ha.roˈtse.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the manslayer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ro-TSE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh
- clause
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The prohibition velo yasgirū {וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ | wə·lō’ yas·gî·rū} ‘they shall not hand over’ in the Hiphil imperfect directs the elders, with harotzeach {הָרֹצֵ֖חַ | hā·rō·ṣē·aḥ} ‘the slayer’ tagged by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct-object marker’.
Root and etymology
ר־צ־ח
“to kill, slay”
In context — Joshua 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ (etharotseakh) 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.20.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W7.S1) and character.