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Numbers 35:21

or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
Numbers 35:21
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Original language (Hebrew)

א֣וֹ בְאֵיבָ֞ה הִכָּ֤הוּ בְיָדוֹ֙ וַיָּמֹ֔ת מֽוֹת־יוּמַ֥ת הַמַּכֶּ֖ה רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֗ם יָמִ֛ית אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּפִגְעוֹ־בֽוֹ׃

  1. א֣וֹ'o“or”
    Conjunction · from אוֹ · “or” · Strong's H0176A
  2. בְאֵיבָ֞הve.'ei.Vah“in enmity”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֵיבָה · “enmity” · Strong's H0342
  3. הִכָּ֤הוּhi.Ka.hu“he struck down him”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָכָה · “to smite” · Strong's H5221
  4. בְיָדוֹ֙ve.ya.Do“with hand his”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָד · “hand” · Strong's H3027G
  5. וַיָּמֹ֔תvai.ya.Mot“and he died”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מוּת · “to die” · Strong's H4191
  6. מֽוֹת־mot-“certainly <to to die>”
    Verb, qal, infinitive absolute, absolute · from מוּת · “to die” · Strong's H4191
  7. יוּמַ֥תyu.Mat“he will be put to death”
    Verb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מוּת · “to die” · Strong's H4191
  8. הַמַּכֶּ֖הha.ma.Keh“the [one who] struck”
    Definite article + Verb, hiphil, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from נָכָה · “to smite” · Strong's H5221
  9. רֹצֵ֣חַֽro.Tze.ach“[is] a killer”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָצַח · “to murder” · Strong's H7523
  10. ה֑וּאHu'“he”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  11. גֹּאֵ֣לgo.'El“[the] avenger of”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, construct · from גָּאַל · “avenge” · Strong's H1350H
  12. הַדָּ֗םha.Dam“<the> blood”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from דָּם · “blood” · Strong's H1818
  13. יָמִ֛יתya.Mit“he will put to death”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מוּת · “to die” · Strong's H4191
  14. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  15. הָרֹצֵ֖חַha.ro.Tze.ach“the killer”
    Definite article + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָצַח · “to murder” · Strong's H7523
  16. בְּפִגְעוֹ־be.fig.'ov-“when meets he”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from פָּגַע · “to fall on” · Strong's H6293
  17. בֽוֹ׃vo“<in> <the> him”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)