Verse 12

{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.20.12", "source": "וְאִם־לֹ֤א תַשְׁלִים֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ וְעָשְׂתָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וְצַרְתָּ֖ עָלֶֽיהָ‪[t]‬׃", "text": "And if-not *tašlîm* with-you, *wĕ-ʿāśĕtāh* with-you *milḥāmāh*, *wĕ-ṣartā* against-it.", "grammar": { "*wĕ-ʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + conjunction + negative particle - and if not", "*tašlîm*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it makes peace", "*ʿimmāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you", "*wĕ-ʿāśĕtāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - and it makes", "*ʿimmĕḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you", "*milḥāmāh*": "feminine singular noun - war", "*wĕ-ṣartā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall besiege", "*ʿāleyāh*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - against it" }, "variants": { "*tašlîm*": "makes peace/comes to terms/surrenders", "*ʿāśĕtāh*": "makes/conducts/engages in", "*milḥāmāh*": "war/battle/conflict", "*ṣartā*": "besiege/lay siege/encircle" } }

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