Study it in the app“All 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.”
Allוְאֶת כָּלits spoilשְׁלָלָהּyou shall gatherתִּקְבֹּץintoאֶלthe middleתּוֹךְof its square,רְחֹבָהּand you shall burnוְשָׂרַפְתָּwith fireבָאֵשׁthe cityאֶת הָעִירand allוְאֶת כָּלits spoilשְׁלָלָהּas a whole offeringכָּלִילto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָand it shall beוְהָיְתָהa heap of ruinsתֵּלforever;עוֹלָםit shall notלֹאbe rebuiltתִבָּנֶהagain.עוֹד
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “tikbots” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearssquare
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechova” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarafta” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearswhole offering
An offering burned whole.
Where else “kalil” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsmound, ruin heap
Mound: a hill formed by the ruins of a destroyed city.
Where else “tel” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tibane” appears15you 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Nothing of what is devoted to destruction shall cling to your hand, so that YHWH may turn from the burning of his anger and give you mercy and have mercy on you and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers,
