12{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.12",
"source": "וְעַתָּ֗ה הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ־נָ֥א לִי֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתִי עִמָּכֶ֖ם חָ֑סֶד וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם גַּם־אַתֶּ֜ם עִם־בֵּ֤ית אָבִי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם לִ֖י א֥וֹת אֱמֶֽת",
"text": "And-now *hiššāḇʿû*-please to-me in-*YHWH* for-*ʿāśîṯî* with-you *ḥāseḏ* and-*waʿăśîṯem* also-you with-house-of my-father *ḥeseḏ* and-*ûnəṯattem* to-me sign-of *ʾĕmeṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*hiššāḇʿû*": "niphal imperative masculine plural - swear",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*ʿāśîṯî*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I have done",
"*ḥāseḏ*": "noun masculine singular - kindness/loyalty/faithfulness",
"*waʿăśîṯem*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will do",
"*ḥeseḏ*": "noun masculine singular - kindness/loyalty/faithfulness",
"*ûnəṯattem*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will give",
"*ʾĕmeṯ*": "noun feminine singular - truth/faithfulness"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāseḏ*": "kindness/loyalty/faithfulness/covenant love",
"*ʾĕmeṯ*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.13",
"source": "וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם אֶת־אָבִ֣י וְאֶת־אִמִּ֗י וְאֶת־אַחַי֙ וְאֶת־*אחותי **אַחְיוֹתַ֔י וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וְהִצַּלְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ מִמָּֽוֶת",
"text": "And-*wəhaḥăyîṯem* *ʾet*-my-father and-*ʾet*-my-mother and-*ʾet*-my-brothers and-*ʾet*-my-sisters and-*ʾēṯ* all-that to-them and-*wəhiṣṣaltem* *ʾet*-our-*nap̄šōṯênû* from-*mimmāweṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*wəhaḥăyîṯem*": "waw consecutive + hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will preserve alive",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*wəhiṣṣaltem*": "waw consecutive + hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will deliver",
"*nap̄šōṯênû*": "noun feminine plural construct + 1st common plural suffix - our lives/souls",
"*mimmāweṯ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - from death"
},
"variants": {
"*wəhaḥăyîṯem*": "preserve alive/let live/spare",
"*nap̄šōṯênû*": "lives/souls/selves"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.14",
"source": "וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ לָ֣הּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים נַפְשֵׁ֤נוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם֙ לָמ֔וּת אִ֚ם לֹ֣א תַגִּ֔ידוּ אֶת־דְּבָרֵ֖נוּ זֶ֑ה וְהָיָ֗ה בְּתֵת־יְהוָ֥ה לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ עִמָּ֖ךְ חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת",
"text": "And-*wayyōʾmərû* to-her the-men, Our-*nap̄šēnû* in-place-of-you to-*lāmûṯ* if not *ṯaggîḏû* *ʾet*-our-matter this and-*wəhāyâ* in-giving-of *YHWH* to-us *ʾet*-the-land and-*wəʿāśînû* with-you *ḥeseḏ* and-*weʾĕmeṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*nap̄šēnû*": "noun feminine singular construct + 1st common plural suffix - our life/soul",
"*lāmûṯ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to die",
"*ṯaggîḏû*": "hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you tell/report",
"*wəhāyâ*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*wəʿāśînû*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect 1st common plural - and we will do",
"*ḥeseḏ*": "noun masculine singular - kindness/loyalty/faithfulness",
"*weʾĕmeṯ*": "waw conjunction + noun feminine singular - and truth/faithfulness"
},
"variants": {
"*nap̄šēnû*": "life/soul/self",
"*ḥeseḏ weʾĕmeṯ*": "kindness and truth/faithfulness and truth/true loyalty"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.15",
"source": "וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם בַּחֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הֽ͏ַחַלּ֑וֹן כִּ֤י בֵיתָהּ֙ בְּקִ֣יר הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה הִ֥יא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת",
"text": "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": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*wattôriḏēm*": "let them down/brought them down"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.16",
"source": "וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָהָ֣רָה לֵּ֔כוּ פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּע֥וּ בָכֶ֖ם הָרֹדְפִ֑ים וְנַחְבֵּתֶ֨ם שָׁ֜מָּה שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עַ֚ד שׁ֣וֹב הָרֹֽדְפִ֔ים וְאַחַ֖ר תֵּלְכ֥וּ לְדַרְכְּכֶֽם",
"text": "And-*wattōʾmer* to-them to-the-*hāhārâ* *lēḵû* lest-*yip̄gəʿû* against-you the-pursuers and-*wənaḥbēṯem* there three days until returning-of the-pursuers and-afterward *tēlḵû* to-your-way",
"grammar": {
"*wattōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she said",
"*hāhārâ*": "definite article + noun masculine singular + directional he - to the mountain/hill country",
"*lēḵû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - go",
"*yip̄gəʿû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they meet/encounter",
"*wənaḥbēṯem*": "waw consecutive + niphal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will hide yourselves",
"*tēlḵû*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you will go"
},
"variants": {
"*yip̄gəʿû*": "meet/encounter/come upon"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.17",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יהָ הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים נְקִיִּ֣ם אֲנַ֔חְנוּ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ",
"text": "And-*wayyōʾmərû* to-her the-men, *nəqiyyîm* we from-your-oath this which *hišbaʿtānû*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*nəqiyyîm*": "adjective masculine plural - free/innocent/clear",
"*hišbaʿtānû*": "hiphil perfect 2nd feminine singular + 1st common plural suffix - you have made us swear"
},
"variants": {
"*nəqiyyîm*": "free/innocent/clear/exempt"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.18",
"source": "הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ בָאִ֖ים בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֶת־תִּקְוַ֡ת חוּט֩ הַשָּׁנִ֨י הַזֶּ֜ה תִּקְשְׁרִ֗י בַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרַדְתֵּ֣נוּ ב֔וֹ וְאֶת־אָבִ֨יךְ וְאֶת־אִמֵּ֜ךְ וְאֶת־אַחַ֗יִךְ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יךְ תַּאַסְפִ֥י אֵלַ֖יִךְ הַבָּֽיְתָה",
"text": "Behold we *bāʾîm* in-the-land *ʾet*-*tiqwaṯ* cord-of the-*haššānî* this *tiqšərî* in-the-*baḥallôn* which *hôraḏtēnû* by-it and-*ʾet*-your-father and-*ʾet*-your-mother and-*ʾet*-your-brothers and-*ʾēṯ* all-house-of your-father *taʾaspî* to-you the-*habbāyṯâ*",
"grammar": {
"*bāʾîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - coming/entering",
"*tiqwaṯ*": "construct state noun feminine singular - cord of",
"*haššānî*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the scarlet/crimson",
"*tiqšərî*": "qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you will bind",
"*baḥallôn*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the window",
"*hôraḏtēnû*": "hiphil perfect 2nd feminine singular + 1st common plural suffix - you let us down",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*taʾaspî*": "qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you will gather",
"*habbāyṯâ*": "definite article + noun masculine singular + directional he - to the house"
},
"variants": {
"*tiqwaṯ*": "cord/line/hope",
"*haššānî*": "scarlet/crimson/bright red"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.19",
"source": "וְהָיָ֡ה כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵא֩ מִדַּלְתֵ֨י בֵיתֵ֧ךְ ׀ הַח֛וּצָה דָּמ֥וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ נְקִיִּ֑ם וְ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽהְיֶ֤ה אִתָּךְ֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת דָּמ֣וֹ בְרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אִם־יָ֖ד תִּֽהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ",
"text": "And-*wəhāyâ* all that-*yēṣēʾ* from-doors-of your-house the-*haḥûṣâ* his-blood on-his-head and-we *nəqiyyîm* and-all that *yihyê* with-you in-the-house his-blood on-our-head if-hand *tihyê*-on-him",
"grammar": {
"*wəhāyâ*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be",
"*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he goes out",
"*haḥûṣâ*": "definite article + noun masculine singular + directional he - to the outside",
"*nəqiyyîm*": "adjective masculine plural - free/innocent/clear",
"*yihyê*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be",
"*tihyê*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - it will be"
},
"variants": {
"*nəqiyyîm*": "free/innocent/clear/exempt",
"if-hand *tihyê*-on-him": "if a hand is laid on him/if harm comes to him"
}
}