Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חוּטchûwṭa string; by implication, a measuring tape
- חַלּוֹןchallôwna window (as perforated)
- תִּקְוָהtiqvâhliterally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
- שָׁנִיshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
- קָשַׁרqâsharto tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
- אָסַףʼâçaphto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behin
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jos 6:23, Jos 2:21, Jos 2:12–13, Lev 14:4, Gen 19:12–17, Heb 9:19, Act 10:33, Luk 19:9