מָנוֹס
The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world includes:
לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלַגֵּר וְלַתּוֹשָׁב בְּתוֹכָם, תִּהְיֶינָה שֵׁשׁ הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, לְמִקְלָט לָנוּס שָׁמָּה, כָּל מַכֵּה נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָה.
For the Children of Israel, and for the sojourner and the resident among them, shall be these six cities, as a refuge to escape there, all who strike a soul accidentally.
(Numbers 35:15)
לָנוּס
listen and repeat is a higher-register synonym of the more colloquial word for to escape – לִבְרוֹחַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-simple verb of the hollow variety.
listen and repeat is a higher-register synonym of the more colloquial word for to escape – לִבְרוֹחַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-simple verb of the hollow variety.Thus an escape in the general sense is מָנוֹס listen and repeat, while a physical escape from a place is בְּרִיחָה listen and repeat.
listen and repeat, while a physical escape from a place is בְּרִיחָה listen and repeat.For example:
אֵין מָנוֹס מֵרְשוּיוֹת הַמַּס.
There is no escaping the tax authorities.
and
הֵם תִּכְנְנוּ בְּרִיחָה מִבֵּית הַסֹּהַר.
They planned an escape from the prison.
