Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleto which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: Young's Literal Translation for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived: King James Bible That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: Hebrew to whichשָׁ֜מָּה (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 8033: There, then, thither a manslayer רוֹצֵ֗חַ (rō·w·ṣê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder could flee לָנֻ֨ס (lā·nus) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away after killing יִרְצַ֤ח (yir·ṣaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder his neighbor רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow unintentionally בִּבְלִי־ (biḇ·lî-) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as without לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no prior מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of malice. שֹׂנֵ֥א (śō·nê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8130: To hate To save his own life, וָחָֽי׃ (wā·ḥāy) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2425: To live, to revive he could flee וְנָ֗ס (wə·nās) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one אַחַ֛ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 259: United, one, first of these הָאֵ֖ל (hā·’êl) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 411: These, those cities: הֶעָרִ֥ים (he·‘ā·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement |