Deuteronomy 20:5
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
בָּנָה
he has built
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בָּנָה
To build, to construct. Banah. God is building His church. He is building your life. Every trial is part of the construction process.
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בַּיִת
a house
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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חָנַךְ
he has dedicated/ it
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חָנַךְ
To train, to dedicate, to initiate. Chanak. Train up a child in the way he should go. Early investment in children pays eternal dividends.
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הָלַךְ
let him go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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מוּת
he should die
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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