Deuteronomy 20:19:21Deut.20.19.W21TAB
עֵ֣ץ
eits
“a tree”
- Transliteration
- EITS
- Extended
- EITS
- IPA
- /ʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tree
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
EITS
- phraseyour reading level
EITS ha-sa-DEH
- clause
kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
Exegesis
The final clause contrasts hā-’ā-dām {הָאָדָם | hā-’ā-dām} with ʿêṣ ha-ṣādeh {עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה | ʿêṣ ha-ṣādeh} in a rhetorical question, emphasizing human life does not deserve the same treatment as trees in a siege. English renders Hebrew infinitives as purpose clauses and preserves the conditional and question structure.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-hayin–tsade–heh
“tree, wood”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for many days, fighting against it to capture it, you shall not ruin its tree by swinging an axe against it, because you may eat from it. You shall not cut it down, for is a tree of the field a person to come before you in the siege?
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word עֵ֣ץ (eits) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.20.19.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W21.S1) and character.