“As when a man” | וַֽאֲשֶׁר֩ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | man |
“goeth” | יָבֹ֨א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | goeth |
“into the wood” | בַיַּעַר֮ | A copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) | wood |
“with” | אֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
“his neighbour” | רֵעֵ֥הוּ | An associate (more or less close) | neighbour |
“to hew” | לַחְטֹ֣ב | To chop or carve wood | hew |
“wood,” | עֵצִים֒ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | wood |
“and his hand” | יָד֤וֹ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
“fetcheth a stroke” | וְנִדְּחָ֨ה | To push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.) | fetcheth stroke |
“with the axe” | בַגַּרְזֶן֙ | An axe | axe |
“to cut down” | לִכְרֹ֣ת | To cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) | cut down |
“the tree,” | הָעֵ֔ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | tree |
“and the head” | הַבַּרְזֶל֙ | Iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement | head |
“slippeth” | וְנָשַׁ֤ל | To pluck off, i.e., divest, eject or drop | slippeth |
“from” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | from |
“the helve,” | הָעֵ֔ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | helve |
“and lighteth upon” | וּמָצָ֥א | Properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present | lighteth upon |
“his neighbour,” | רֵעֵ֖הוּ | An associate (more or less close) | neighbour |
“that he die;” | וָמֵ֑ת | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | die |
“he” | ה֗וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | he |
“shall flee” | יָנ֛וּס | To flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) | flee |
“unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
“one” | אַחַ֥ת | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | one |
“of those” | הָאֵ֖לֶּה | These or those | those |
“cities,” | הֶֽעָרִים | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | cities |
“and live:” | וָחָֽי׃ | To live; causatively to revive | live |