Study it in the app“Then Joshua son of Nun sent from Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, “Go, see the land and Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a woman, a prostitute, whose name was Rahab, and they lay down there.”
Then Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof NunנוּןsentיִּשְׁלַחfromמִןShittimהַשִּׁטִּיםtwoשְׁנַיִםmenאֲנָשִׁיםas spiesמְרַגְּלִיםsecretly,חֶרֶשׁsaying,לֵאמֹר“Go,לְכוּseeרְאוּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץandוְJericho.”אֶת יְרִיחוֹSo they wentוַיֵּלְכוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto the houseבֵּיתof a woman,אִשָּׁהa prostitute,זוֹנָהwhose name wasוּשְׁמָהּRahab,רָחָבand they lay downוַיִּשְׁכְּבוּthere.שָׁמָּה
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsNun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsShittim
Shittim, a place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."
Where else “shitim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsspy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appearssecretly
Out of sight, so that no one finds out.
Where else “cheresh” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsJericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsprostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appearsRahab
Rahab: a woman of Jericho who hid the spies of Israel. Her name means "wide, spacious."
Where else “rachav” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkvu” appearsRahab appears in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and is remembered for her faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25).
Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
1 · This verse (above)
2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Look, men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel to search out the land.”
