מִקְלָט
miq.lat
“refuge”
Definition
an asylum (as a receptacle)
from H7038 (קָלַט) in the sense of taking in;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִקְלָט appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.