Deuteronomy 20:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart?—let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart;

King James Bible
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Hebrew
Then the officers
הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮ (haš·šō·ṭə·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7860: A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate

shall speak
לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

further
וְיָסְפ֣וּ (wə·yā·sə·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the army,
הָעָם֒ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

saying,
וְאָמְר֗וּ (wə·’ā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Is any
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

man
הָאִ֤ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

afraid
הַיָּרֵא֙ (hay·yā·rê)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3373: Fearing, reverent

or fainthearted?
וְרַ֣ךְ (wə·raḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7390: Tender, delicate, soft

Let him return
יֵלֵ֖ךְ (yê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

home,
לְבֵית֑וֹ (lə·ḇê·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

so that the hearts
לְבַ֥ב (lə·ḇaḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

of his brothers
אֶחָ֖יו (’e·ḥāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

will not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

melt
יִמַּ֛ס (yim·mas)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint

like his own.”
כִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃ (kil·ḇā·ḇōw)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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