“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
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תָצ֣וּרtāṣwr
you will lay siegeverbH6696
assault · beset · besiege · bind ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עִיר֩ʿiyr
a citynounH5892
city · court · town
יָמִ֨יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
רַבִּ֜יםrabiym
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
לְֽ/הִלָּחֵ֧םləhilāḥēm
to fightpronH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
עָלֶ֣י/הָʿāleyhā
on itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
לְ/תָפְשָׂ֗/הּlətāpəśāh
to capture itpronH8610
handle · (lay · take) hold (on · over) ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַשְׁחִ֤יתtašəḥiyt
you will destroyverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֵצָ/הּ֙ʿēṣāh
trees itsnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
לִ/נְדֹּ֤חַlinədōḥa
by wieldingpronH5080
bring · cast down · chase · compel ···
עָלָי/ו֙ʿālāyw
on itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
גַּרְזֶ֔ןgarəzen
an axenounH1631
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִמֶּ֣/נּוּmimenw
from itpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
תֹאכֵ֔לtōʾkēl
you will eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/אֹת֖/וֹwəʾōtwō
and itconjH853
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִכְרֹ֑תtikərōt
you will cut downverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָֽ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām
¿ humanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
עֵ֣ץʿēṣ
is the tree ofnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֔הhaśādeh
the fieldparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
לָ/בֹ֥אlābōʾ
to gopronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
מִ/פָּנֶ֖י/ךָmipāneykā
from before youpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
בַּ/מָּצֽוֹרbamāṣwōr
in state of siegepronH4692
bulwark · defence · fenced · fortress ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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