מִקְלָט

«מִקְלָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: refuge — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 20 times · Key: 4733 · BDB: מִקְלָט²

Glosses

refuge (7); his.refuge (5); of.(the).refuge (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

refuge tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

refuge, asylum tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] refuge, asylum (P Ch);—עָרֵי מ׳ asylum-cities Nu 35:11, 13, 14, עָרֵי הַמּ׳ Nu 35:6; Jos 20:2, so 1 Ch 6:42, 52 (but read עִיר הַמּ׳, according to ‖ Jos 21:13, 21, so Be Kau Kit), לְמ׳ (after הָיָה) Nu 35:12, 15; Jos 20:3; cstr. in phr. עִיר מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ Jos 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38 (Gi; v 36 van d. H. Baer); sf. of refugee, עִיר מִקְלָטוֹ Nu 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מִקְלָט» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Numbers 35:13

וְהֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֵּ֑נוּ שֵׁשׁ־עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לָכֶֽם׃

Word for word: and the cities which you.will.give six cities of.refuge they.will.be for you

JPS 1917: And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:26

וְאִם־יָצֹ֥א יֵצֵ֖א הָרֹצֵ֑חַ אֶת־גְּבוּל֙ עִ֣יר מִקְלָט֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנ֖וּס שָֽׁמָּה׃

Word for word: and if ever.(go.out) he.will.go.out the killer (et) the.border of.the.city his.refuge his where he.will.flee to (to)

JPS 1917: But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;

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