Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIf he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life. Young's Literal Translation even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died—he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived, 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: Hebrew Ifוַאֲשֶׁר֩ (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he goes יָבֹ֨א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go into the forest בַיַּעַר֮ (ḇay·ya·‘ar) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among his neighbor רֵעֵ֥הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow to cut לַחְטֹ֣ב (laḥ·ṭōḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2404: To cut or gather wood timber עֵצִים֒ (‘ê·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood and swings וְנִדְּחָ֨ה (wə·nid·də·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish his ax בַגַּרְזֶן֙ (ḇag·gar·zen) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1631: An axe to chop down לִכְרֹ֣ת (liḵ·rōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a tree, הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood but the blade flies off וְנָשַׁ֤ל (wə·nā·šal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5394: To slip or drop off, draw off, clear away the handle הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood and strikes וּמָצָ֥א (ū·mā·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present and kills וָמֵ֑ת (wā·mêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill his neighbor, רֵעֵ֖הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow he ה֗וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are may flee יָנ֛וּס (yā·nūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 259: United, one, first of these הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those cities הֶעָרִים־ (he·‘ā·rîm-) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement to save his life. וָחָֽי׃ (wā·ḥāy) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2425: To live, to revive |