Deuteronomy 20:19:8Deut.20.19.W8PAT
לֹֽא־תַשְׁחִ֤ית
lohtashkhit
“you shall not destroy”
- Transliteration
- loh-tash-KHIT
- Extended
- loh-tash-KHEET
- IPA
- /loː.taʃˈħiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not destroy
- French
- ne détruis pas
- Spanish
- no destruyas
- Portuguese
- não destruas
- German
- zerstöre nicht
- Russian
- не разрушай
- Arabic-Simplified
- لا تدمر
- Hindi
- नष्ट मत करो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不可毁坏
- Korean
- 파괴하지 마라
- Indonesian
- jangan hancurkan
- Bengali
- ধ্বংস কোরো না
- Tagalog
- huwag sirain
- Swahili
- usiharibu
- Amharic
- አታጥፋ
- Yoruba
- má bà á jẹ
- Igbo
- ebibila
- Twi
- nsɛe
- Ewe
- màgblẽe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
loh-tash-KHIT
- phraseyour reading level
loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH
- clause
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS hah-sa-DEH la-VO mih-pa-NEE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
when you besiege against a city days many to fight against it to capture it you shall not destroy its trees to wield an axe against it for you may eat from it and it not you shall cut for the human tree of the field to come before you in the siege
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תַשְׁחִ֤ית (lohtashkhit) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W8.S1) and character.