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OET (OET-LV) And_be the_city a_devoted_thing it and_all that in/on/at/with_it to/for_YHWH only Rāḩāⱱ the_prostitute she_will_live she and_all [one]_who with_her in/on/at/with_house if/because she_hid DOM the_messengers whom we_sent.
OET (OET-RV) However, everything in the city is sacred to Yahweh. Only the prostitute Rahab and those who’re in her house will be allowed to live, because she hid the spies that we sent in.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַחֵ֔רֶם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,be the=city devoted she/it and=all which/who in/on/at/with,it to/for=YHWH only Rāḩāⱱ the,prostitute live she/it and=all which/who with,her in/on/at/with,house that/for/because/then/when hid DOM the,messengers which/who sent )
To decide how to translate the term devoted here, in the next verse, and in verse 21, see the discussion in the General Introduction to Joshua. Also see how you translated the term in 2:10. Alternate translation: “something that we must destroy completely”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה הִ֚יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֣הּ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ
only Rāḩāⱱ the,prostitute (Some words not found in UHB: and,be the=city devoted she/it and=all which/who in/on/at/with,it to/for=YHWH only Rāḩāⱱ the,prostitute live she/it and=all which/who with,her in/on/at/with,house that/for/because/then/when hid DOM the,messengers which/who sent )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “Because she hid the messengers whom we sent, only Rahab the prostitute will live, she and all who are with her in the house”
17Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
אַתֶּם֙ שִׁמְר֣וּ & תַּחֲרִ֖ימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּ֣ם & וְשַׂמְתֶּ֞ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,be the=city devoted she/it and=all which/who in/on/at/with,it to/for=YHWH only Rāḩāⱱ the,prostitute live she/it and=all which/who with,her in/on/at/with,house that/for/because/then/when hid DOM the,messengers which/who sent )
In this verse, every occurrence of the word you refers to the Israelite soldiers, and so each is plural. So use plural forms in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
17Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
6:17 completely destroyed: Joshua reminded his troops that the town and everything in it belonged to God as the firstfruits of their inheritance in the land of Canaan. See Lev 27:28-29; 1 Sam 15:3.
• Rahab: See Josh 2:12-21.
OET (OET-LV) And_be the_city a_devoted_thing it and_all that in/on/at/with_it to/for_YHWH only Rāḩāⱱ the_prostitute she_will_live she and_all [one]_who with_her in/on/at/with_house if/because she_hid DOM the_messengers whom we_sent.
OET (OET-RV) However, everything in the city is sacred to Yahweh. Only the prostitute Rahab and those who’re in her house will be allowed to live, because she hid the spies that we sent in.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.