מִקְלַ֣ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִקְלַ֣ט

   mik-LAT

   of refuge
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ

   mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh

   of refuge for the manslayer
3. clause🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַלְוִיִּם֒ מֵחֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־גּוֹלָ֤ן בַּבָּשָׁן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ

   ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and to the sons of Gershon from the families of the Levites from half of the tribe of Manasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Beeshterah and its pasturelands
4. sentence🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַלְוִיִּם֒ מֵחֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־גּוֹלָ֤ן בַּבָּשָׁן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שְׁתָּֽיִם׃

   ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM shte-YIM

   and to the sons of Gershon from the families of the Levites from half of the tribe of Manasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Beeshterah and its pasturelands cities two

Exegesis

The construct ir miklat {עִיר־מִקְלַ֣ט | ʿîr-miqlāṭ} ‘city of refuge’ highlights its juridical function, and successive wə-ʾet coordination links its pastureland and the separate allotment of Be-Esht’rah as parallel objects. The dual form arim shetayim quantifies the total as two, underscoring the precise enumeration required for Levitical distributions.

Root and etymology

q-l-ṭ🔊 ק־ל־טqof–lamed–tsade

“shelter”

• 🔊 קְלִיטָהklî·ṭâabsorptionNumbers 35:6