“Only” | רַ֞ק | Properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although | Only |
“the trees” | עֵ֣ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | trees |
“which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
“thou knowest” | תֵּדַ֗ע | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | knowest |
“that” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
“they” | ה֔וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | they |
“be” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“not” | לֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
“trees” | עֵ֤ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | trees |
“for meat,” | מַֽאֲכָל֙ | An eatable (including provender, flesh and fruit) | meat |
“thou shalt destroy” | תַשְׁחִ֖ית | To decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) | destroy |
“and cut them down;” | וְכָרָ֑תָּ | To cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) | cut down |
“and thou shalt build” | וּבָנִ֣יתָ | To build (literally and figuratively) | build |
“bulwarks” | מָצ֗וֹר | Something hemming in, i.e., (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness | bulwarks |
“against” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
“the city” | הָעִיר֙ | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
“that” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
“maketh” | עֹשָׂ֧ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | maketh |
“war” | מִלְחָמָ֖ה | A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) | war |
“with” | עִמְּךָ֛ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with |
“thee, until” | עַ֥ד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | until |
“it be subdued.” | רִדְתָּֽהּ׃ | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | subdued |