Joshua 2:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם בַּחֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הֽ͏ַחַלּ֑וֹן כִּ֤י בֵיתָהּ֙ בְּקִ֣יר הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה הִ֥יא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת

Transliteration

And-wattôriḏēm in-the-baḥeḇel by-way-of the-haḥallôn for her-house in-wall-of the-haḥômâ and-in-the-ûḇaḥômâ she yôšāḇeṯ

Grammar Details

• *wattôriḏēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and she let them down
• *baḥeḇel*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - by the rope
• *haḥallôn*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the window
• *haḥômâ*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the wall
• *ûḇaḥômâ*: waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - and in the wall
• *yôšāḇeṯ*: qal participle feminine singular - dwelling

Word Meanings

• *wattôriḏēm*: let them down/brought them down

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then she let them down{H3381} by a cord{H2256} through{H1157} the window:{H2474} for her house{H1004} was upon the side{H7023} of the wall,{H2346} and she dwelt{H3427} upon the wall.{H2346}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then she let them down{H3381}{(H8686)} by a cord{H2256} through{H1157} the window{H2474}: for her house{H1004} was upon the town{H7023} wall{H2346}, and she dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the wall{H2346}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then let she them downe thorow the wyndowe by a coarde: for hir house was in the wall of the cite, and in the wall was hir dwellynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow: for her house was vpon the towne wall, & she dwelt vpon the towne wall.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house `is' in the side of the wall, and in the wall she `is' dwelling;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:25 : 25 But his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
• 2 Cor 11:33 : 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.
• Josh 6:20 : 20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a great shout, the wall collapsed. Each person charged straight in, and they captured the city.
• 1 Sam 19:12-17 : 12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped. 13 Michal then took a household idol, placed it in the bed, put a quilt made of goat's hair at its head, and covered it with a garment. 14 When Saul sent messengers to capture David, Michal said, 'He is sick.' 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.' 16 When the messengers arrived, they found the household idol in the bed, with a quilt of goat's hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal, 'Why have you deceived me like this? You let my enemy go, and he has escaped.' Michal answered Saul, 'He said to me,