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Deuteronomy 20:16 — King James Version← Study notes

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:


Deuteronomy 20:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:1614 words
רַקraqLeanness
מֵעָרֵיmēʿārêFrom city
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
לֹאlōʾNot
תְחַיֶּהtəḥayehLive
כָּלkālWhole
נְשָׁמָהnəšāmāhPuff
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

רַקraqLeanness
מֵעָרֵיmēʿārêFrom city
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
לֹאlōʾNot
תְחַיֶּהtəḥayehLive
כָּלkālWhole
נְשָׁמָהnəšāmāhPuff

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