And ifוְהָיָה אִםit answers youתַּעַנְךָwith peaceשָׁלוֹםand opens its gatesוּפָתְחָהto you,לָךְthenוְהָיָהallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםwho are foundהַנִּמְצָאin itבָהּshall beיִהְיוּyoursלְךָfor forced laborלָמַסand shall serve you.וַעֲבָדוּךָ
Deuteronomy 20:11
Study it in the app“And if it answers you with peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be yours for forced labor and shall serve you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Deuteronomy 20:11, word by word
- And ifהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- it answers youתַּעַנְtaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taan” appears- with peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and opens its gatesפָתְחָהfatcha
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fatcha” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who are foundנִּמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- for forced laborמַסmas
forced labor
Forced labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “mas” appears- and shall serve youעֲבָדוּavadu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadu” appears
The context
10When you draw near to a city to fight against it, you shall call to it for peace.
11 · This verse (above)
12But if it does not make peace with you but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.