What Does Deuteronomy 20:6 Mean?

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“And what man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“is he that hath planted”

properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

“a vineyard”

a garden or vineyard

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and hath not yet eaten”

properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“unto his house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest

“lest he die”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“in the battle”

a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)

“And what man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“and another”

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc

“and hath not yet eaten”

properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin