The Meaning of Deuteronomy 20:15 Explained

Deuteronomy 20:15

KJV: Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

YLT: So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Darby: Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

ASV: Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus shalt thou do  unto all the cities  [which are] very  far off  from thee, which  [are] not of the cities  of these nations. 

What does Deuteronomy 20:15 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 20:15 mean?

Thus you shall do to all the cities [which are] far from you very which not of the cities of nations these are
כֵּ֤ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לְכָל־ הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים הָרְחֹקֹ֥ת מִמְּךָ֖ מְאֹ֑ד אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־ מֵעָרֵ֥י הַגּֽוֹיִם־ הָאֵ֖לֶּה הֵֽנָּה

כֵּ֤ן  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
תַּעֲשֶׂה֙  you  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְכָל־  to  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים  the  cities  [which  are] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הָרְחֹקֹ֥ת  far 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine plural
Root: רָחֹוק  
Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones.
מִמְּךָ֖  from  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
מְאֹ֑ד  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
מֵעָרֵ֥י  of  the  cities 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַגּֽוֹיִם־  of  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
הָאֵ֖לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.

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