Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibledesignate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. Young's Literal Translation and have prepared to yourselves cities—cities of refuge they are to you—then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares, King James Bible Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. Hebrew designateוְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם (wə·hiq·rî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers cities עָרִ֔ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement to serve as תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה (tih·ye·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew cities עָרֵ֥י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of refuge, מִקְלָ֖ט (miq·lāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4733: Refuge, asylum so that a person רֹצֵ֔חַ (rō·ṣê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder who kills מַכֵּה־ (mak·kêh-) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 5221: To strike someone נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion unintentionally בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃ (biš·ḡā·ḡāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression may flee וְנָ֥ס (wə·nās) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away there. שָׁ֙מָּה֙ (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 8033: There, then, thither |