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Joshua 2:21

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

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וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙vatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֣םkedivreykhemas causeדָּבָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “as cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…כֶּןkenas... asכֵּןadverb — “as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…ה֔וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖םvatshalchemand sendשָׁלַחconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and send”, the next action in the storyH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַתִּקְשֹׁ֛רvatiqshorand bindקָשַׁרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bind”, the next action in the storyH7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תִּקְוַ֥תtiqvatexpectationתִּקְוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.הַשָּׁנִ֖יhashanithe crimsonשָׁנִיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the crimson”, the ordinary formH8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itcrimson, scarlet (thread).בַּחַלּֽוֹןbachalonin windowחַלּוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in window”, the ordinary formH2474a window (as perforated)window.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it [is];' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.

World English Bible

She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.

Darby Translation

And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Douay-Rheims

And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ὑμῶν ἔστω· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν.