She saidוַתֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Goלֵּכוּto the hill country,הָהָרָהorפֶּןthe pursuersהָרֹדְפִיםwill come uponיִפְגְּעוּyou.בָכֶםHideוְנַחְבֵּתֶםthereשָׁמָּהthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםuntilעַדthe pursuersהָרֹדְפִיםreturn,שׁוֹבand afterwardוְאַחַרyou may goתֵּלְכוּon your way.”לְדַרְכְּכֶם
Joshua 2:16
Study it in the app“She said to them, “Go to the hill country, or the pursuers will come upon you. Hide there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go on your way.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:16, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Goלֵּכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- to the hill countryהָרָhara
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “hara” appears- the pursuersרֹדְפִיםrodfim
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfim” appears- will come uponיִפְגְּעוּyifgu
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “yifgu” appears- Hideנַחְבֵּתֶםnachbetem
hide
Hide oneself, take cover so as not to be found.
Where else “nachbetem” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- returnשׁוֹבshov
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shov” appears- on your wayדַרְכְּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears
The context
15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the wall of the city wall, and she lived in the city wall.
16 · This verse (above)
17The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath of yours that you have made us swear.