King James Version

Joshua 2:8

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

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וְהֵ֖מָּהvehemahand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.טֶ֣רֶםterembeforeטֶרֶםadverb — “before”H2962properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or beforebefore, ere, not yet.יִשְׁכָּב֑וּןyishkavunlieשָׁכַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “lie”, an unfinished actionH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.וְהִ֛יאvehiand 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.עָלְתָ֥הaletahascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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…עֲלֵיהֶ֖םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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,…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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)

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

Young’s Literal Translation

And — before they lie down — she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

World English Bible

Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.

Darby Translation

And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

Douay-Rheims

The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξήλθοσαν οἱ διώκοντες ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὶν ἢ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτοὺς, αὕτη δὲ ἀνέβη πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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