Joshua 2:22

“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.”

Joshua 2:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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