| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 20:17:1 ⧉כִּֽי־הַחֲרֵ֣םkihakharembut you shall utterly destroy Deuteronomy 20:17:2 ⧉תַּחֲרִימֵ֗םtakharimemyou shall devote {them} to destruction Deuteronomy 20:17:3 ⧉הַחִתִּ֤יhakhiteethe Hittite Deuteronomy 20:17:4 ⧉וְהָאֱמֹרִי֙vehaemoreeand the Amorite Deuteronomy 20:17:5 ⧉הַכְּנַעֲנִ֣יhakkenaaneethe Canaanite Deuteronomy 20:17:6 ⧉וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יvehaperizeeand the Perizzite Deuteronomy 20:17:7 ⧉הַחִוִּ֖יhakhiveethe Hivite Deuteronomy 20:17:8 ⧉וְהַיְבוּסִ֑יvehayevuseeand the Jebusite Deuteronomy 20:17:9 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רkaasherjust as Deuteronomy 20:17:10 ⧉צִוְּךָ֖tsivekhahe has commanded you Deuteronomy 20:17:11 ⧉יְהוָ֥הyahwehLORD Deuteronomy 20:17:12 ⧉אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃elohekhayour God |
| 17. Formal Translation Yet you are to utterly destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—just as the LORD your God {Yahweh ʾĕlōhêkā, Righteous Commander} has commanded you. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation You must place them under total destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—exactly as the LORD your God {Yahweh ʾĕlōhêkā, Covenant Guardian} commanded you. |