Deuteronomy 20:15

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📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֵּ֤ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לְכָל־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים הָרְחֹקֹ֥ת מִמְּךָ֖ מְאֹ֑ד אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־מֵעָרֵ֥י הַגּֽוֹיִם־הָאֵ֖לֶּה הֵֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

Thus taʿăśeh to-all-the-ʿārîm the-rĕḥōqōt from-you mĕʾōd, which not-from-ʿārê the-gôyim-these hēnnāh.

Grammar Details

• *kēn*: adverb - thus/so
• *taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall do
• *lĕ-ḵol-he-ʿārîm*: preposition + construct + definite article + feminine plural noun - to all the cities
• *hārĕḥōqōt*: definite article + adjective feminine plural - the distant ones
• *mimmĕḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from you
• *mĕʾōd*: adverb - very
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *lōʾ-mē-ʿārê*: negative particle + preposition + feminine plural construct - not from cities of
• *ha-gôyim-hāʾēlleh*: definite article + masculine plural noun + definite article + demonstrative pronoun - these nations
• *hēnnāh*: 3rd person feminine plural pronoun - they (are)

Word Meanings

• *taʿăśeh*: do/act/perform
• *ʿārîm*: cities/towns
• *rĕḥōqōt*: distant/far/remote
• *mĕʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
• *ʿārê*: cities of/towns of
• *gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *hēnnāh*: they are/they (feminine)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus shalt thou do{H6213} unto all the cities{H5892} which are very{H3966} far off{H7350} from thee, which{H2007} are not of the cities{H5892} of these nations.{H1471}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus shalt thou do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto all the cities{H5892} which are very{H3966} far off{H7350} from thee, which{H2007} are not of the cities{H5892} of these nations{H1471}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thus thou shalt doo vnto all the cities whiche are a greate waye of from the ad not of the cities of these nacions.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities, that are very farre from the, and are not of the cities of these nacions.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus shalt thou do vnto all ye cities, which are a great way off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations here.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities which are a great way of from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.