אָ֣ז

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָ֣ז

   AZ

   then
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָ֣ז יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ

   AZ ya-SHUV ha-ro-TSE-akh

   then shall return the manslayer
3. clause🔊 אָ֣ז יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ וּבָ֤א אֶל־עִירוֹ֙ וְאֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אֶל־הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־נָ֥ מִשָּֽׁם׃

   AZ ya-SHUV ha-ro-TSE-akh u-VA el-i-RO ve-el-bei-TO el-ha-IR a-sher-NAS mi-SHAM

   then shall return the manslayer and come to his city and to his house to the city from which he fled from there
4. sentence🔊 וְיָשַׁ֣ב בָּעִ֣יר הַהִ֗יא עַד־עָמְד֞וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הָֽעֵדָה֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט עַד־מוֹת֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם אָ֣ז יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ וּבָ֤א אֶל־עִירוֹ֙ וְאֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אֶל־הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־נָ֥ מִשָּֽׁם׃

   ve-ya-SHAV ba-IR ha-HI ad-om-DO lif-NEI ha-e-DAH la-mish-PAT ad-MOT ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM AZ ya-SHUV ha-ro-TSE-akh u-VA el-i-RO ve-el-bei-TO el-ha-IR a-sher-NAS mi-SHAM

   and he shall remain in the city that until he has stood before the congregation for judgment until the death of the priest the great who shall be in those days those then shall return the manslayer and come to his city and to his house to the city from which he fled from there

Exegesis

The adverb az {אָז | ʾāz} signals the transition from refuge to release. In English these relations are maintained via nested temporal clauses that mirror the Hebrew’s legal logic and chronological flow.