Joshua 2:16

“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.””

Joshua 2:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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will come uponיִפְגְּעוּyifgu

meet

To go to meet someone and reach him.

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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.

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daysיָמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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returnשׁוֹבshov

return

To go back to a place.

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on your wayדַרְכְּdark

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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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.

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