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But ifוְאִםit does notלֹאmake peaceתַשְׁלִיםwith youעִמָּךְbut makesוְעָשְׂתָהwarמִלְחָמָהagainst you,עִמְּךָthen you shall besiegeוְצַרְתָּit.עָלֶיהָּ
Deuteronomy 20:12
Study it in the app“But if it does not make peace with you but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 20:12, word by word
- make peaceתַשְׁלִיםtashlim
make peace
To come to terms with someone.
Where else “tashlim” appears- but makesעָשְׂתָהasta
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asta” appears- warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- then you shall besiegeצַרְתָּtsarta
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarta” appears
The context
11And 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And YHWH your Elohim will give it into your hand, and you shall strike all its males with the edge of the sword.