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Deuteronomy 20:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,


Deuteronomy 20:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:29 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כְּקָרָבְכֶםkəqārāvəḵemLike approach
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּלְחָמָהhamiləḥāmāhThe battle
וְנִגַּשׁwənigašAnd be
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
וְדִבֶּרwədiberAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כְּקָרָבְכֶםkəqārāvəḵemLike approach
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּלְחָמָהhamiləḥāmāhThe battle
וְנִגַּשׁwənigašAnd be
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
וְדִבֶּרwədiberAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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