Lest the avenger
ga'al (gaw-al')
to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.);
of the blood
dam (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
pursue
radaph (raw-daf')
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
the slayer
'achar (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
ratsach (raw-tsakh')
to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder -- put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er).
while
kiy (kee)
very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
his heart
lebab (lay-bawb')
the heart (as the most interior organ)
is hot
yacham (yaw-kham')
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive -- get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
and overtake
nasag (naw-sag')
to reach -- ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, surely, (over-)take (hold of, on, upon).
him because the way
derek (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
is long
rabah (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
and slay
nakah (naw-kaw')
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
him
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
whereas he was not worthy
mishpat (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
of death
maveth (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
inasmuch as
kiy (kee)
very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
he hated
sane' (saw-nay')
to hate (personally) -- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly.
him not in time
tmowl (tem-ole')
ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
past
shilshowm (shil-shome')
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday -- + before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), + heretofore, three days, + time past.
