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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:

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
when after Particle H834 וַאֲשֶׁר֩ va·'a·sher
As when a man goeth abide Verb H935 יָבֹ֨א ya·vo
into the wood comb Noun H3293 בַיַּעַר֮ vai·ya·'ar
with his neighbour brother Noun H7453 רֵעֵ֥הוּ re·'e·hu
to hew cut down Verb H2404 לַחְטֹ֣ב lach·tov
wood carpenter Noun H6086 עֵצִים֒ e·tzim
and his hand able Noun H3027 יָדֹ֤ו ya·dov
fetcheth a stroke banish Verb H5080 וְנִדְּחָ֨ה ve·nid·de·chah
with the axe ax Noun H1631 בַגַּרְזֶן֙ vag·gar·zen
to cut down be chewed Verb H3772 לִכְרֹ֣ת lich·rot
the tree carpenter Noun H6086 הָעֵ֔ץ ha·'etz,
and the head iron Noun H1270 הַבַּרְזֶל֙ hab·bar·zel
slippeth cast Verb H5394 וְנָשַׁ֤ל ve·na·shal
from the helve carpenter Noun H6086 הָעֵ֔ץ ha·'etz,
and lighteth be able Verb H4672 וּמָצָ֥א u·ma·tza
upon his neighbour brother Noun H7453 רֵעֵ֖הוּ re·'e·hu
that he die crying Verb H4191 וָמֵ֑ת va·met;
he shall flee abate Verb H5127 יָנ֛וּס ya·nus
unto one a Adjective H259 אַחַ֥ת a·chat
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of these another Pronoun H428 הָאֵ֖לֶּה ha·'el·leh
of those cities Ai Noun H5892 הֶעָרִים־ he·'a·rim-

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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 Greek English As as when a man goeth goes into the wood forest with his neighbour friend to hew cut wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slippeth from slips off the helve, handle and lighteth upon strikes his neighbour, friend so that he die; dies-- he shall may flee unto to one of those cities, these cities and live:live;
New American Standard Bible 1995 As as when a man goeth goes into the wood forest with his neighbour friend to hew cut wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slippeth from slips off the helve, handle and lighteth upon strikes his neighbour, friend so that he die; dies-- he shall may flee unto to one of those cities, these cities and live:live;