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Then she let them downוַתּוֹרִדֵםby a ropeבַּחֶבֶלthroughבְּעַדthe window,הַחַלּוֹןforכִּיher houseבֵיתָהּwas in the wallבְּקִירof the city wall,הַחוֹמָהand sheוּ הִיאlivedיוֹשָׁבֶתin the city wall.בַחוֹמָה
Joshua 2:15
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:15, word by word
- Then she let them downתּוֹרִדֵtoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “toride” appears- by a ropeחֶבֶלchevel
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chevel” appears- the windowחַלּוֹןchalon
window
Window: an opening in a wall.
Where else “chalon” appears- her houseבֵיתָveta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “veta” appears- was in the wallקִירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- of the city wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- livedיוֹשָׁבֶתyoshavet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshavet” appears
The context
14And 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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16She said to them, “Go to the hill country, or the pursuers will come upon you. Hide there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go on your way.”