Joshua 2:23

“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.”

Joshua 2:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 2:23, word by word

Then the twoשְׁנֵיshene

both

The two together, both of them.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu

return

To go back to a place.

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and came downיֵּרְדוּyerdu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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from the hill countryהָרhar

hill country

A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.

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and crossed overיַּעַבְרוּyaavru

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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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).

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sonבִּןbin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Nunנוּןnun

Nun

Nun, the father of Joshua.

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and they toldיְסַפְּרוּyesapru

recount

To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.

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that had happened to themמֹּצְאוֹתmotsot

meet

To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.

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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.”

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