Then the twoוַ שְׁנֵיmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםreturnedיָּשֻׁבוּand came downוַיֵּרְדוּfrom the hill countryמֵהָהָרand crossed overוַיַּעַבְרוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןand they toldוַיְסַפְּרוּhimלוֹallאֵת כָּלthat had happened to them.הַמֹּצְאוֹת אוֹתָם
Joshua 2:23
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:23, word by word
- Then the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- and came downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- from the hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- and crossed overיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- sonבִּןbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- of Nunנוּןnun
Nun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appears- and they toldיְסַפְּרוּyesapru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “yesapru” appears- that had happened to themמֹּצְאוֹתmotsot
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “motsot” appears
The context
22They 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And they said to Joshua, “YHWH has given into our hand all the land; and also all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us.”