Deuteronomy 20:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass—all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

King James Bible
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Hebrew
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they accept
תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ (ta·‘an·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

your offer of peace
שָׁל֣וֹם (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

and open [their gates],
וּפָתְחָ֖ה (ū·p̄ā·ṯə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

[there]
הַנִּמְצָא־ (han·nim·ṣā-)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

will become
וְהָיָה֙ (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

forced laborers
לָמַ֖ס (lā·mas)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4522: Body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom

to serve you.
וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃ (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏū·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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