NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon As when a man goethbow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) into the wood ya`ar (yah'-ar) a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood. with his neighbour rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. to hew chatab (khaw-tab') to chop or carve wood -- cut down, hew(-er), polish. wood `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. and his hand yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), fetcheth a stroke nadach (naw-dakh') to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.) with the axe garzen (gar-zen') an axe -- ax. to cut down karath (kaw-rath') to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant the tree `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. and the head barzel (bar-zel') iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement -- (ax) head, iron. slippeth nashal (naw-shal') to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or drop -- cast (out), drive, loose, put off (out), slip. from the helve `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. and lighteth matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present upon his neighbour rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. that he die muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill he shall flee nuwc (noos) to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) unto one 'echad (ekh-awd') united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first of those cities `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. and live chayay (khaw-yah'-ee) to live; causatively to revive -- live, save life. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies-- he may flee to one of these cities and live; King James Bible As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: Holman Christian Standard Bible If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings the ax to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live. International Standard Version For instance, he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle and hit his friend, so that he died. The killer may flee to one of these cities to live. NET Bible Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself. GOD'S WORD® Translation Suppose two people go into the woods to cut wood. As one of them swings the ax to cut down a tree, the head flies off the handle, hits, and kills the other person. The one who accidentally killed the other person may run to one of these cities and save his life. King James 2000 Bible As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and strikes his neighbor, that he dies; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: Links Deuteronomy 19:5Deuteronomy 19:5 NIV Deuteronomy 19:5 NLT Deuteronomy 19:5 ESV Deuteronomy 19:5 NASB Deuteronomy 19:5 KJV |