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Joshua 20:9
“These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H428 · Hebrew
- Definition
- these or those
- Derivation
- prolonged from H411 (אֵל);
- KJV renderings
- an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
- Grammar
- אֵ֣לֶּה — demonstrative pronoun, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 747 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:4Genesis 6:9Genesis 9:19Genesis 9:19Genesis 10:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵלֶּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.