DEUTERONOMY 20:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;”

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Deuteronomy 20:3 Translation & Meaning

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And shall say וְאָמַ֤ר To say (used with great latitude) say
unto אֲלֵהֶם֙ Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
them, Hear, שְׁמַ֣ע To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) Hear
O Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity O Israel
ye אַתֶּ֨ם Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you ye
approach קְרֵבִ֥ים Near approach
this day הַיּ֛וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day
unto battle לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) battle
against עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications against
your enemies: אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֑ם Hating; an adversary enemies
let not אַל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing let not
your hearts לְבַבְכֶ֗ם The heart (as the most interior organ) hearts
faint, יֵרַ֣ךְ To soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively faint
fear תִּֽירְא֧וּ To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten fear
not, אַל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing not
and do not וְאַֽל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing do not
tremble, תַּחְפְּז֛וּ Properly, to start up suddenly, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, to fear tremble
neither וְאַל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing neither
be ye terrified תַּֽעַרְצ֖וּ To awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass terrified
because מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) because
of them; מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) of them

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  • 1  When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2  And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

  • 3  And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

  • 4  For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

  • 5  And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.




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