your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.Deuteronomy 21:2
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
וְיָצְא֥וּ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ וּמָדְדוּ֙ אֶל־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר סְבִיבֹ֥ת הֶחָלָֽל׃
- וְיָצְא֥וּve.ya.tze.'U“and they will go out”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from יָצָא · “come” · Strong's H3318G
- זְקֵנֶ֖יךָze.ke.Nei.cha“elders your”Adjective, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from זָקֵן · “elder” · Strong's H2205G
- וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָve.sho.fe.Tei.kha“and judges your”Conjunction + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from שָׁפַט · “to judge” · Strong's H8199
- וּמָדְדוּ֙u.ma.de.Du“and they will measure”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from מָדַד · “to measure” · Strong's H4058
- אֶל־'el-“to”Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.Rim“the cities”Definite article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
- אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sher“which”Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
- סְבִיבֹ֥תse.vi.Vot“[are] around”Noun, both genders, plural, construct · from סָבִיב · “around” · Strong's H5439G
- הֶחָלָֽל׃he.cha.Lal“the [one] slain”Definite article + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from חָלָל · “killed” · Strong's H2491A
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)