Study it in the app“And the men said to her, “Our life for yours to the death, if you do not tell this matter of ours. And it shall be, when YHWH gives us the land, that we will show you loyal love and faithfulness.””
And the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםsaidיֹּאמְרוּto her,לָהּ“Our lifeנַפְשֵׁנוּfor yoursתַחְתֵּיכֶםto the death,לָמוּתifאִםyou do notלֹאtellתַגִּידוּthisזֶהmatter of ours.אֶת דְּבָרֵנוּAnd it shall be,וְהָיָהwhen YHWHבְּ יְהוָהgivesתֵתusלָנוּthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץthat we will showוְעָשִׂינוּyouעִמָּךְloyal loveחֶסֶדand faithfulness.”וֶאֱמֶת
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “tagidu” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devare” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asinu” appearsfaithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chesed” appearsfaithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears13that you will keep alive my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the wall of the city wall, and she lived in the city wall.
