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The menהָאֲנָשִׁיםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Weאֲנַחְנוּwill be freeנְקִיִּםfrom thisהַזֶּהoath of yoursמִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְthatאֲשֶׁרyou have made us swear.הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ
Joshua 2:17
Study it in the app“The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath of yours that you have made us swear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:17, word by word
- The menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- will be freeנְקִיִּםnekiyim
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “nekiyim” appears- oath of yoursשְּׁבֻעָתֵshevuate
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuate” appears- you have made us swearהִשְׁבַּעְתָּhishbata
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishbata” appears
The context
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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18Look, when we come into the land, you shall tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all the house of your father.