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But ifוְאִםyou tellתַּגִּידִיthisזֶהmatter of ours,אֶת דְּבָרֵנוּthen we will beוְהָיִינוּfreeנְקִיִּםfrom your oathמִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְthatאֲשֶׁרyou have made us swear.”הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ
Joshua 2:20
Study it in the app“But if you tell this matter of ours, then we will be free from your oath that you have made us swear.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:20, word by word
- you tellתַּגִּידִיtagidi
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “tagidi” appears- matter of oursדְּבָרֵdevare
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devare” appears- then we will beהָיִינוּhayinu
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “hayinu” appears- freeנְקִיִּםnekiyim
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “nekiyim” appears- from your oathשְּׁבֻעָתֵshevuate
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
19And 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.
20 · This verse (above)
21She said, “According to your words, so it is.” Then she sent them away, and they went. And she tied the cord of scarlet in the window.