King James Version

Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

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וְהִ֖יאvehiand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and 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.הֶעֱלָ֣תַםheelatamascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…הַגָּ֑גָהhagagahthe roofגָּגdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “the roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).וַֽתִּטְמְנֵם֙vatitmenemand hideטָמַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and hide”, the next action in the storyH2934to hide (by covering over)hide, lay privily, in secret.בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣יbefishtein linenפִּשְׁתֶּהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in linen”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6593linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)flax, linen.הָעֵ֔ץhaetsthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹתhaarukhotthe put in arrayעָרַךְdefinite article, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “the put in array”, a verb used as a describing wordH6186to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.לָ֖הּlahtoלָ֖הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toעַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַגָּֽגhagagthe roofגָּגdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Young’s Literal Translation

and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

World English Bible

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

Darby Translation

But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

Douay-Rheims

But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὕτη δὲ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα, καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ λινοκαλάμῃ τῇ ἐστοιβασμένῃ αὐτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος.