Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 20:16

¹⁶However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
However	רַ֗ק	raq	Adverb	H7535 thin
in the cities	מֵעָרֵ֤י	mê·‘ā·rê	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
of the	הָאֵ֔לֶּה	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
nations	הָֽעַמִּים֙	hā·‘am·mîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5971 people
that	אֲשֶׁר֙	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
is giving	נֹתֵ֥ן	nō·ṯên	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
you	לְךָ֖	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
as an inheritance	נַחֲלָ֑ה	na·ḥă·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
you must not leave alive	תְחַיֶּ֖ה	ṯə·ḥay·yeh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2421 live
anything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that breathes	נְשָׁמָֽה׃	nə·šā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H5397 breath

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.