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Numbers 35— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 35. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 43 of 54

מַסְעֵי Masei, Numbers 33:1 to 36:13

Read with it: Jeremiah 2:4 to 2:28 and 3:4 in Ashkenazi use, and Jeremiah 2:4 to 2:28 and 4:1 to 4:2 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Forty-eight cities with pasture for Levi1

Numbers 35:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְדַבֵּ֧רvaydaberand he spokeH1696יְהוָ֛הyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־ʾel-toH413מֹשֶׁ֖הmoshehMosesH4872בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotin [the] plains ofH6160מוֹאָ֑בmoavMoabH4124עַל־ʾal-atH5921יַרְדֵּ֥ןyarden[the] JordanH3383יְרֵח֖וֹyerechoof JerichoH3405לֵאמֹֽר׃lemor<to> sayingH559

Onkelos Numbers 35:1

Targum
Adonoy spoke to Moshe in the plains of Moav by the Yardein near Yereicho, saying:

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

Numbers 35:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְהָי֨וּvehayuand they will becomeH1961לָכֶ֧םlakhemfor <the> youהֶעָרִ֛יםhearimthe citiesH5892לְמִקְלָ֖טlemiklat<into> a refugeH4733מִגֹּאֵ֑לmigoelfrom an avengerH1350וְלֹ֤אvelo'and notH3808יָמוּת֙yamuthe will dieH4191הָרֹצֵ֔חַharotzeachthe killerH7523עַד־ʾad-untilH5704עָמְד֛וֹamedostands heH5975לִפְנֵ֥יlifnei<to> beforeH6440הָעֵדָ֖הhaedahthe congregationH5712לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃lamishpatfor <the> judgmentH4941

Rashi on Numbers 35:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
מגאל — [AND THE CITIES SHALL BE UNTO YOU AS A REFUGE] מגאל — i.e. as a refuge on account of the avenger of blood, — he who is the near relative of the murdered man.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

Numbers 35:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאִ֡םveimand ifH518בְּאֶ֣בֶןbeevenwith a stone ofH68יָד֩yadhandH3027אֲשֶׁר־ʾasher-whichH834יָמ֨וּתyamutsomeone will dieH4191בָּ֥הּbahby <the> itהִכָּ֛הוּhikahuhe struck down himH5221וַיָּמֹ֖תvaiyamotand he diedH4191רֹצֵ֣חַֽrotzeach[is] a killerH7523ה֑וּאhu'heH1931מ֥וֹתmotcertainly <to die>H4191יוּמַ֖תyumathe will be put to deathH4191הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃harotzeachthe killerH7523

Rashi on Numbers 35:17

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
באבן יד [AND IF HE SMOTE HIM] WITH A STONE IN THE HAND (more lit., with a stone of the hand) — one which has the size of a full hand (i.e., large enough to fill a hand).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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