Study it in the app“you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is in it, and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.”
you shall surely strikeהַכֵּה תַכֶּהthe inhabitantsאֶת יֹשְׁבֵיof thatהַהִיאcityהָעִירwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חָרֶבdevoting it to destruction,הַחֲרֵם אֹתָהּand allוְאֶת כָּלthat isאֲשֶׁרin it,בָּהּand its livestock,וְאֶת בְּהֶמְתָּהּwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword.חָרֶב
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hake” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hacharem” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behemta” appears14then you shall seek and investigate and ask thoroughly. And look, if it is true and the matter certain, that this abomination has been done among you,
15 · This verse (above)
16All its spoil you shall gather into the middle of its square, and you shall burn with fire the city and all its spoil as a whole offering to YHWH your Elohim, and it shall be a heap of ruins forever; it shall not be rebuilt again.
