employ DEU 020 019 When <03588 +kiy > thou shalt besiege <06696 +tsuwr > a city <05892 + a long <07227 +rab > time <03117 +yowm > , in making war <03898 +lacham > against <05921 + it to take <08610 +taphas > it , thou shalt not destroy <07843 +shachath > the trees <06086 + thereof by forcing <05080 +nadach > an axe <01631 +garzen > against <05921 + them : for thou mayest eat <00398 +>akal > of them , and thou shalt not cut <03772 +karath > them down ( for the tree <06086 + of the field <07704 +sadeh > [ is ] man s <00120 +>adam > [ life ] ) to {employ} [ them ] in the siege <04692 +matsowr > :