Deut 20:11-15 : 11 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.20.11",
"source": "וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃",
"text": "And *hāyāh* if-*šālôm* *taʿanḵā* *û-pātḥāh* to-you, and *hāyāh* all-the-*ʿām* the-*nimṣāʾ*-in-it *yihyû* to-you for-*mas* *wa-ʿăḇādûḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*wĕ-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it shall be",
"*ʾim-šālôm*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - if peace",
"*taʿanḵā*": "qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it answers you",
"*û-pātḥāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - and it opens",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*wĕ-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it shall be",
"*kol-hāʿām*": "construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - all the people",
"*hannimṣāʾ-ḇāh*": "definite article + niphal participle masculine singular + preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - the one found in it",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they shall be",
"*lĕḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*lāmas*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - for forced labor",
"*wa-ʿăḇādûḵā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and they shall serve you"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyāh*": "it will be/happen/come to pass",
"*šālôm*": "peace/safety/prosperity",
"*taʿanḵā*": "answers you/responds to you",
"*pātḥāh*": "opens/unlocks/allows entry",
"*ʿām*": "people/population/inhabitants",
"*nimṣāʾ*": "found/present/existing",
"*yihyû*": "they will be/become/exist",
"*mas*": "forced labor/tributary service/compulsory work",
"*ʿăḇādûḵā*": "serve you/work for you/be subject to you"
}
}
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"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.20.13",
"source": "וּנְתָנָ֛הּ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְהִכִּיתָ֥ אֶת־כָּל־זְכוּרָ֖הּ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃",
"text": "And *nĕtānāh* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêḵā* in-*yādeḵā*, *wĕ-hikkîtā* *ʾet*-all-*zĕḵûrāh* to-*pî*-*ḥāreḇ*.",
"grammar": {
"*û-nĕtānāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he will give it",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhêḵā*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God",
"*bĕ-yādeḵā*": "preposition + feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your hand",
"*wĕ-hikkîtā*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall strike",
"*ʾet-kol-zĕḵûrāh*": "direct object marker + construct + masculine singular noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - all its males",
"*lĕ-pî-ḥāreḇ*": "preposition + masculine singular construct + feminine singular noun - by the edge of the sword"
},
"variants": {
"*nĕtānāh*": "gives/delivers/hands over",
"*ʾĕlōhêḵā*": "your God/deity",
"*yādeḵā*": "your hand/power/control",
"*hikkîtā*": "strike/smite/attack",
"*zĕḵûrāh*": "its males/men/male population",
"*pî-ḥāreḇ*": "edge of the sword/blade/mouth of the sword"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.20.14",
"source": "רַ֣ק הַ֠נָּשִׁים וְהַטַּ֨ף וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה בָעִ֛יר כָּל־שְׁלָלָ֖הּ תָּבֹ֣ז לָ֑ךְ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ אֶת־שְׁלַ֣ל אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לָֽךְ׃",
"text": "Only the-*nāšîm* and-the-*ṭaf* and-the-*bĕhēmāh* and-all which *yihyeh* in-the-*ʿîr*, all-*šĕlālāh* *tāḇōz* to-you, *wĕ-ʾāḵaltā* *ʾet*-*šĕlal* *ʾōyḇêḵā* which *nātan* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêḵā* to-you.",
"grammar": {
"*raq*": "adverb - only",
"*hannāšîm*": "definite article + feminine plural noun - the women",
"*wĕ-haṭṭaf*": "conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the children",
"*wĕ-habbĕhēmāh*": "conjunction + definite article + feminine singular noun - and the livestock",
"*wĕ-ḵōl*": "conjunction + construct - and all",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will be",
"*ḇā-ʿîr*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the city",
"*kol-šĕlālāh*": "construct + feminine singular noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - all its spoil",
"*tāḇōz*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall take as spoil",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for yourself",
"*wĕ-ʾāḵaltā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall eat/enjoy",
"*ʾet-šĕlal*": "direct object marker + masculine singular construct - the spoil of",
"*ʾōyḇêḵā*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*nātan*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has given",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhêḵā*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you"
},
"variants": {
"*nāšîm*": "women/wives/females",
"*ṭaf*": "children/little ones/dependents",
"*bĕhēmāh*": "livestock/cattle/animals",
"*yihyeh*": "will be/exist/remain",
"*ʿîr*": "city/town",
"*šĕlālāh*": "its spoil/plunder/goods",
"*tāḇōz*": "take as spoil/plunder/seize",
"*ʾāḵaltā*": "eat/consume/enjoy",
"*šĕlal*": "spoil/plunder/booty",
"*ʾōyḇêḵā*": "your enemies/adversaries/foes",
"*nātan*": "given/granted/provided",
"*ʾĕlōhêḵā*": "your God/deity"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.20.15",
"source": "כֵּ֤ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לְכָל־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים הָרְחֹקֹ֥ת מִמְּךָ֖ מְאֹ֑ד אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־מֵעָרֵ֥י הַגּֽוֹיִם־הָאֵ֖לֶּה הֵֽנָּה׃",
"text": "Thus *taʿăśeh* to-all-the-*ʿārîm* the-*rĕḥōqōt* from-you *mĕʾōd*, which not-from-*ʿārê* the-*gôyim*-these *hēnnāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*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)"
},
"variants": {
"*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)"
}
}