KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And ye will save alive” | וְהַֽחֲיִתֶ֞ם | To live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive | save alive |
| “that” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “my father,” | אָבִ֣י | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “and my mother,” | אִמִּ֗י | A mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) | mother |
| “and my brethren,” | אַחַי֙ | A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) | brethren |
| “and my sisters,” | אַחְוֹתַי | A sister (used very widely [like H0251], literally and figuratively) | sisters |
| “and all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “they have, and deliver” | וְהִצַּלְתֶּ֥ם | To snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense | deliver |
| “our lives” | נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ | Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) | lives |
| “from death.” | מִמָּֽוֶת׃ | Death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin | death |
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11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
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