H8615a H8615a
cord, line; specifically the scarlet cord marking Rahab's house in Jericho
This is the famous scarlet cord that Rahab hung from her window as a sign of protection during Jericho's conquest (Joshua 2:18, 21). The word 'tiqvah' normally means 'hope,' but this homograph means 'cord' or 'line'—derived from a root meaning to bind or tie. The phrase 'cord of scarlet thread' specifies both the material (thread) and color (crimson). That single scarlet line became Rahab's hope, creating a wordplay: the cord (tiqvah) was her hope (tiqvah). Every major translation renders this as 'cord.'
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The construct phrase 'cord of the scarlet thread' appears in the spies' instructions to Rahab and her fulfillment of those instructions. This physical marker—visible, crimson, unmistakable—would signal to the invading Israelites which house to spare. The multilingual uniformity (Spanish 'cordón,' French 'corde,' German 'cord') shows no ambiguity about the referent. Later tradition saw this scarlet cord as a type of Christ's blood, though the immediate narrative function is simply practical: a visible sign of covenant protection in the midst of judgment. 2×
AR["حَبلَ"]·ben["দড়ি-"]·DE["cord-von"]·EN["cord-of"]·FR["corde-de"]·heb["תקוות"]·HI["रस्सा"]·ID["tali"]·IT["corda-di"]·jav["punika"]·KO["끈을"]·PT["cordão-de"]·RU["шнур"]·ES["cordón-de"]·SW["uzi", "uzi-huu"]·TR["-ipliliği"]·urd["رسی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† I. [תִּקְוָה] n.f. cord (cf. √ ad init.);—cstr. הַשָ��ׁנִי (חוּט) תִּקְוַת Jos 2:18, 21.