Joshua 2:17 Go deeper

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 1

אֵלֶ֖יהָ'e.Lei.hato her

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 2

הָאֲנָשִׁ֑יםha.'a.na.Shimthe men

Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: human

Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 3

נְקִיִּ֣םne.ki.Yim[will be] free

Lemma: נָקִי (na.qi) · Strong's: H5355A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: innocent

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 24:41, Genesis 44:10, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 23:7, Numbers 32:22, Deuteronomy 19:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5355A; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 4

אֲנַ֔חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuwe

Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)

Meaning: we

Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 5

מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְmi.she.vu.'a.Tekhfrom oath your

Lemma: שְׁבוּעָה (she.vu.ah) · Strong's: H7621

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: oath

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 26:3, Exodus 22:11, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 5:21, Numbers 30:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7621; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 6

הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> this

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 7

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 8

הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ\׃hish.ba'.Ta.nuyou made swear us

Lemma: שָׁבַע (sha.va) · Strong's: H7650

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)

Meaning: to swear

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:24, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7650; TAHOT Joshua 2:17 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The men	→	אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to her	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
We	→	אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we
will not be bound	→	נָקִי H5355A innocent
by this	→	זֶה H2088 this
oath	→	שְׁבוּעָה H7621 oath
you made us swear	→	שָׁבַע H7650 to swear

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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