They wentוַיֵּלְכוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto the hill countryהָהָרָהand stayedוַיֵּשְׁבוּthereשָׁםthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםuntilעַדthe pursuersהָרֹדְפִיםhad returned.שָׁבוּThe pursuersהָרֹדְפִיםsearchedוַיְבַקְשׁוּalong allבְּכָלthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְbut did notוְלֹאfind them.מָצָאוּ
Joshua 2:22
Study it in the app“They went and came to the hill country and stayed there three days until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers searched along all the way but did not find them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:22, word by word
- They wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to the hill countryהָרָhara
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “hara” appears- and stayedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” 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- the pursuersרֹדְפִיםrodfim
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfim” appears- had returnedשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears- searchedיְבַקְשׁוּyevakshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakshu” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- find themמָצָאוּmatsau
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsau” appears
The context
21She said, “According to your words, so it is.” Then she sent them away, and they went. And she tied the cord of scarlet in the window.
22 · This verse (above)
23Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.