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# manslayer

noun

«manslayer» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

A person who killed another without meaning to. He could run to a city of refuge to be safe from the dead person's avenging relative until a trial.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis saw this as justice mixed with mercy: the killer must stay in the city, but he is protected. They said he stayed there until the death of the high priest, and the mothers of the high priests supplied him with food so they would not pray for such deaths.

### Meaning

A person who has killed someone, here by accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#m1)

### Examples

- But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth; (Torah NUM.35.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x1)
- then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x2)
- And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. (Torah NUM.35.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x3)
- that the manslayer that killeth any person through error and unawares may flee thither; and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. (Prophets JOS.20.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x4)
- And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime. (Prophets JOS.20.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x5)
- And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it; (Prophets JOS.21.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/#x6)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «manslayer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/manslayer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«manslayer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/manslayer.html) on Mova free.