Deuteronomy 20:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:”
Deuteronomy 20:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:1929 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תָצוּרtāṣûrCramp
אֶלʾelNear
עִירʿîrCity
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
לְהִלָּחֵםləhilāḥēmTo feed on
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
לְתָפְשָׂהּlətāp̄əśāhTo manipulate
לֹאlōʾNot
תַשְׁחִיתtašəḥîtDecay
אֶתʾet—
עֵצָהּʿēṣāhTree
לִנְדֹּחַlinədōḥaTo off
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
גַּרְזֶןgarəzenAxe
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
תֹאכֵלtōʾḵēlEat
וְאֹתוֹwəʾōtwō—
לֹאlōʾNot
תִכְרֹתtiḵərōtCut
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmMan
עֵץʿēṣTree
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
לָבֹאlāvōʾTo go
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
בַּמָּצוֹרbamāṣwōrIn hemming in
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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