Deuteronomy 22:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

Young's Literal Translation
‘When a bird’s nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;

King James Bible
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Hebrew
If
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you come across
יִקָּרֵ֣א (yiq·qā·rê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7122: To encounter, befall

a bird’s
צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ (ṣip·pō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6833: A little bird

nest
קַן־ (qan-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling

with chicks
אֶפְרֹחִים֙ (’ep̄·rō·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 667: The brood of a, bird

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

eggs,
בֵיצִ֔ים (ḇê·ṣîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1000: An egg

either in a tree
עֵ֣ץ ׀ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

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

the ground
הָאָ֗רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

along the road,
בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and the mother
וְהָאֵ֤ם (wə·hā·’êm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

is sitting
רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ (rō·ḇe·ṣeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

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

the chicks
הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים (hā·’ep̄·rō·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 667: The brood of a, bird

or
א֖וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

eggs,
הַבֵּיצִ֑ים (hab·bê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1000: An egg

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

take
תִקַּ֥ח (ṯiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the mother
הָאֵ֖ם (hā·’êm)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

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

the young.
הַבָּנִֽים׃ (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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