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Deuteronomy 20:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.


Deuteronomy 20:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:1513 words
כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָרְחֹקֹתhārəḥōqōtThe remote
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
מֵעָרֵיmēʿārêFrom city
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָרְחֹקֹתhārəḥōqōtThe remote
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
מֵעָרֵיmēʿārêFrom city
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves

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