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Thusכֵּןyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהto allלְכָלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthat are veryמְאֹדfarהָרְחֹקֹתfrom you,מִמְּךָthatאֲשֶׁרare notלֹאof the citiesמֵעָרֵיof theseהָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםhere.הֵנָּה
Deuteronomy 20:15
Study it in the app“Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, that are not of the cities of these nations here.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 20:15, word by word
- you shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- that are veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- farרְחֹקֹתrechokot
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechokot” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
The context
14Only the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you may take as plunder for yourself; and you may eat the spoil of your enemies, which YHWH your Elohim has given you.
15 · This verse (above)
16But from the cities of these peoples that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not let live anything that breathes,