Joshua 2:19

“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.”

Joshua 2:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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