The Meaning of Numbers 35:22 Explained

Numbers 35:22

KJV: But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

YLT: 'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

Darby: But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,

ASV: But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if he thrust  him suddenly  without  enmity,  or have cast  upon him any thing  without laying of wait, 

What does Numbers 35:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 35:16-34 - The Penalty For The Murderer
For murder the penalty was death, Numbers 35:30-31; but for accidental homicide there was freedom within the city limits until the death of the high priest, when all these refugees might return to their homes with impunity. The institution of the blood-avenger was almost a necessity in those lands of scattered population and without communal organization. Here, without destroying the practice, it has been placed under careful limitations. We are our brethren's keepers, and instead of passing on a slander, we should stand for them against those who have wrongfully maligned them.
What an exquisite promise is contained in Numbers 35:34! To think that Jehovah actually dwelled in the Holy Land! He dwells also in each assembly of His saints and in our hearts. See Ezekiel 48:35; Matthew 18:20; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3.
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 35

1  Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof
6  Six of them are to be cities of refuge
9  The laws of murder and manslaughter
31  No satisfaction for murder

What do the individual words in Numbers 35:22 mean?

And However if suddenly without enmity he pushes him or throws at him any thing without lying in wait
וְאִם־ בְּפֶ֥תַע בְּלֹא־ אֵיבָ֖ה הֲדָפ֑וֹ אוֹ־ הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛יו כָּל־ כְּלִ֖י בְּלֹ֥א צְדִיָּֽה

וְאִם־  And  However  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
בְּפֶ֥תַע  suddenly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb
Root: פֶּתַע  
Sense: suddenness, in an instant.
בְּלֹא־  without 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
אֵיבָ֖ה  enmity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיבָה  
Sense: enmity, hatred.
הֲדָפ֑וֹ  he  pushes  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: הָדַף  
Sense: to thrust, push, drive, cast away, cast out, expel, thrust away.
הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ  throws 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַךְ  
Sense: to throw, cast, hurl, fling.
עָלָ֛יו  at  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כְּלִ֖י  thing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
בְּלֹ֥א  without 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
צְדִיָּֽה  lying  in  wait 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְדִיָּה  
Sense: lying in wait, ambushing.

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