Deuteronomy 20:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

Young's Literal Translation
Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it [is] not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

King James Bible
Only the trees which thou knowest that they [be] not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Hebrew
But
רַ֞ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

you may destroy
תַשְׁחִ֖ית (ṯaš·ḥîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

the trees
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you know
תֵּדַ֗ע (tê·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

produce fruit.
מַאֲכָל֙ (ma·’ă·ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3978: An eatable

[Use them]
וְכָרָ֑תָּ (wə·ḵā·rā·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

to build
וּבָנִ֣יתָ (ū·ḇā·nî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

siege works
מָצ֗וֹר (mā·ṣō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the city
הָעִיר֙ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

is waging
עֹשָׂ֧ה (‘ō·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

war
מִלְחָמָ֖ה (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

against you,
עִמְּךָ֛ (‘im·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

until
עַ֥ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

it falls.
רִדְתָּֽהּ׃ (riḏ·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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