King James Version

Numbers 35:4

And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

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וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙umigresheand suburbמִגְרָשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and suburb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4054a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the seacast out, suburb.הֶֽעָרִ֔יםhearimthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a 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.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תִּתְּנ֖וּtitnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לַלְוִיִּ֑םlalviyimto Leviiteלֵוִיִּיpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “to Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.מִקִּ֤ירmiqirfrom wallקִירpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.הָעִיר֙hairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a 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.וָח֔וּצָהvachutsahand abroadחוּץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “and abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.אֶ֥לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.אַמָּ֖הamahcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.סָבִֽיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the open land about the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites [are], from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.

World English Bible

“The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.

Darby Translation

And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

Douay-Rheims

Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the open land about the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outwards two thousand cubits round about.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὰ συνκυροῦντα τῶν πόλεων, ἃς δώσετε τοῖς Λευίταις, ἀπὸ τείχους τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἔξω δισχιλίους πήχεις κύκλῳ.