The Meaning of Deuteronomy 20:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 20:12

KJV: And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

YLT: 'And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,

Darby: And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

ASV: And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if it will make no peace  with thee, but will make  war  against thee, then thou shalt besiege  it: 

What does Deuteronomy 20:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 20

1  The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle
5  The officers' proclamation of who are to be dismissed from the war
10  How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace
16  What cities must be devoted
19  Trees must not be destroyed in the siege

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 20:12 mean?

And if not [the city] will make peace with you but makes against you war then you shall besiege it
וְאִם־ לֹ֤א תַשְׁלִים֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ וְעָשְׂתָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וְצַרְתָּ֖ עָלֶֽיהָּ‪‬‪‬

וְאִם־  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
תַשְׁלִים֙  [the  city]  will  make  peace 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
עִמָּ֔ךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
וְעָשְׂתָ֥ה  but  makes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עִמְּךָ֖  against  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
מִלְחָמָ֑ה  war 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
וְצַרְתָּ֖  then  you  shall  besiege 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: צוּר 
Sense: to bind, besiege, confine, cramp.

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