Deuteronomy 20
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Deuteronomy 20:19-20

19“WhenH3588you besiegeתָצ֣וּרta.TzurH6696a cityעִיר֩'irH5892for a longרַבִּ֜יםra.BimH7227timeיָמִ֨יםya.MimH3117,to makeH3898warH3898againstעָלֶ֣יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it in order to captureלְתָפְשָׂ֗הּle.ta.fe.SahH8610it, you shall not destroyתַשְׁחִ֤יתtash.ChitH7843its treesעֵצָהּ֙'e.TzahH6086by swingingלִנְדֹּ֤חַlin.Do.achH5080an axeגַּרְזֶ֔ןgar.ZenH1631againstעָלָיו֙'a.LavH5921them; for you may eatתֹאכֵ֔לto.KhelH398from them, so you shall not cutתִכְרֹ֑תtikh.RotH3772them downH3772. Foris the treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704a humanהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120, that it shouldbe besiegedבַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ba.ma.TzorH4692by you?
20OnlyH7534the treesעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086that you knowתֵּדַ֗עte.Da'H3045are not fruitמַאֲכָל֙ma.'a.KhalH3978treesעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086you shall destroyתַשְׁחִ֖יתtash.ChitH7843and cutוְכָרָ֑תָּve.kha.Ra.taH3772downH3772,so that you may constructוּבָנִ֣יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129siegeworksמָצ֗וֹרma.TzorH4692againstעַל־'al-H5921the cityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892that is makingעֹשָׂ֧ה'o.SahH6213warמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421againstעִמְּךָ֛'i.me.KhaH5973you untilעַ֥ד'adH5704it fallsרִדְתָּֽהּ׃ פrid.TahH3381.
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