The hebrew ^ word "tied" is related to the term "conspiracy", especially given a covenant context:abijah` wrote: ↑October 11th, 2021, 10:43 pm
Genesis 38 (Tamar = foreign)
And when she [Tamar - a Canaanite] was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Genesis 38 (Tamar = foreign)
And when she midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand
Joshua 2 (Rahab = foreign)
And she [Rahav = Canaanite] said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Deut 6:8
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
1 Samuel 18
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.