Joshua 20:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Young's Literal Translation
for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.

King James Bible
That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Hebrew
so that anyone
רוֹצֵ֔חַ (rō·w·ṣê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

who kills
מַכֵּה־ (mak·kêh-)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5221: To strike

another
נֶ֥פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

unintentionally
בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה (biš·ḡā·ḡāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression

or accidentally
בִּבְלִי־ (biḇ·lî-)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

may flee
לָנ֥וּס (lā·nūs)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

there.
שָׁ֙מָּה֙ (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

These will be
וְהָי֤וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

your refuge
לְמִקְלָ֔ט (lə·miq·lāṭ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4733: Refuge, asylum

from the avenger
מִגֹּאֵ֖ל (mig·gō·’êl)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman

of blood.
הַדָּֽם׃ (had·dām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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