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And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
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 2:21 word 1
כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֣םke.div.rei.Khemaccording to words your
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 2
כֶּן\־ken-[be] so
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 3
ה֔וּאHu'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 4
וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖םva.te.sha.le.Chemand she sent off them
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpw3fs)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 5
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvai.ye.Le.khuand they went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 6
וַתִּקְשֹׁ֛רva.tik.Shorand she bound
Lemma: קָשַׁר (qa.shar) · Strong's: H7194
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to conspire
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 30:41, Genesis 30:42, Genesis 38:28, Genesis 44:30, Deuteronomy 6:8, Deuteronomy 11:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7194; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 7
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 8
תִּקְוַ֥תtik.Vat[the] cord of
Lemma: תִּקְוָה (tiq.vah) · Strong's: H8615A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: cord
Used 2 times. Also: Joshua 2:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8615A; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 9
הַשָּׁנִ֖יha.sha.Nithe scarlet
Lemma: שָׁנִי (sha.ni) · Strong's: H8144
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: scarlet
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 38:28, Genesis 38:30, Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8144; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 10
בַּחַלּֽוֹן\׃ba.cha.Lonin the window
Lemma: חַלּוֹן (chal.lon) · Strong's: H2474
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: window
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 8:6, Genesis 26:8, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 2:18, Judges 5:28, 1 Samuel 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2474; TAHOT Joshua 2:21 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let it | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| be as you say | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| she replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| and she sent them away | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| And when they had gone | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| she tied | → | קָשַׁר H7194 to conspire |
| the scarlet | → | שָׁנִי H8144 scarlet |
| cord | → | תִּקְוָה H8615A cord |
| in the window | → | חַלּוֹן H2474 window |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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