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And it was toldוַיֵּאָמַרthe kingלְמֶלֶךְof Jericho,יְרִיחוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהmenאֲנָשִׁיםhave comeבָּאוּhereהֵנָּהtonightהַלַּיְלָהfrom the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלto search outלַחְפֹּרthe land.”אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Joshua 2:2
Study it in the app“And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Look, men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel to search out the land.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:2, word by word
- And it was toldיֵּאָמַרyeamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yeamar” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyericho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- have comeבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- tonightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- from the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to search outחְפֹּרchepor
search out
To go through a land to learn it before entering.
Where else “chepor” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
1Then 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who came to you, who entered your house, for to search out all the land they have come.”