הָרֹצֵ֗חַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָרֹצֵ֗חַ

   ha-ro-TSE-akh

   for the manslayer
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֗חַ

   ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh

   the city of refuge for the manslayer
3. clause🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה נַפְתָּלִ֜י אֶת־עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֗חַ אֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִ֤יל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙ וְאֶת־חַמֹּ֥ת דֹּאר֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־קַרְתָּ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ

   u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and from the tribe of Naphtali the city of refuge for the manslayer Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands and Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands and Kartan and its pasturelands
4. sentence🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה נַפְתָּלִ֜י אֶת־עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֗חַ אֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִ֤יל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙ וְאֶת־חַמֹּ֥ת דֹּאר֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־קַרְתָּ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃

   u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM sha-LOSH

   and from the tribe of Naphtali the city of refuge for the manslayer Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands and Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands and Kartan and its pasturelands cities three

Exegesis

The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the legal term ʿîr miqlátt hārōṣêaḥ {עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ | ʿîr miq-lát hā-rō-ṣê-ʻaḥ}, “city of refuge for the manslayer.” The definite article on hārōṣêaḥ signals a class of persons rather than an individual.

Root and etymology

ר־צ־ח🔊 r-ṣ-ḥ

“to kill, slay”

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