And it shall beוְהָיָהthat anyoneכֹּלwhoאֲשֶׁרgoes outיֵצֵאof the doorsמִדַּלְתֵיof your houseבֵיתֵךְoutside,הַחוּצָהhis blood shall beדָּמוֹon his head,בְרֹאשׁוֹand weוַאֲנַחְנוּshall be free;נְקִיִּםbut anyoneוְכֹלwhoאֲשֶׁרisיִהְיֶהwith youאִתָּךְin the house,בַּבַּיִתhis blood shall beדָּמוֹon our headבְרֹאשֵׁנוּifאִםa handיָדisתִּהְיֶהon him.בּוֹ
Joshua 2:19
Study it in the app“And it shall be that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house outside, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is on him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:19, word by word
- And it shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- goes outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- of the doorsדַּלְתֵיdalte
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “dalte” appears- of your houseבֵיתֵvete
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” appears- outsideחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- his blood shall beדָּמdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- on his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- shall be freeנְקִיִּםnekiyim
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “nekiyim” appears- a handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
Translation note
“His blood shall be on his head” means that he himself will be responsible for his death.
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20But if you tell this matter of ours, then we will be free from your oath that you have made us swear.”