- כִּֽי
- conjunction - when/if
- *tāṣûr*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you besiege
- אֶל
- preposition - against/toward
- עִיר֩
- noun feminine singular construct - city
- *yāmîm*
- noun masculine plural - days
- *rabbîm*
- adjective masculine plural - many
- *ləhillāḥēm*
- preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to fight
- עָלֶ֣יהָ
- preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - against it
- *lətāpəśāh*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to capture it
- לֹֽא
- negative particle - not
- *tašḥît*
- hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall destroy
- אֶת
- direct object marker
- *'ēṣāh*
- noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its tree
- לִנְדֹּ֤חַ
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - by swinging/wielding
- עָלָיו֙
- preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against it
- *garzeṇ*
- noun masculine singular - axe
- כִּ֚י
- conjunction - for/because
- מִמֶּ֣נּוּ
- preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from it
- *tōʾḵēl*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall eat
- וְאֹת֖וֹ
- conjunction + direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and it
- לֹ֣א
- negative particle - not
- *tiḵrōt*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall cut down
- כִּ֤י
- conjunction - for/because
- *hāʾāḏām*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the human/man
- *'ēṣ*
- noun masculine singular construct - tree of
- *haśāḏeh*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the field
- *lāḇōʾ*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to come/enter
- מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ
- preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from before you
- *bammāṣôr*
- preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the siege