Then the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof JerichoיְרִיחוֹsentיִּשְׁלַחtoאֶלRahab,רָחָבsaying,לֵאמֹר“Bring outהוֹצִיאִיthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho cameהַבָּאִיםto you,אֵלַיִךְwhoאֲשֶׁרenteredבָּאוּyour house,לְבֵיתֵךְforכִּיto search outלַחְפֹּרallאֶת כָּלthe landהָאָרֶץthey have come.”בָּאוּ
Joshua 2:3
Study it in the app“Then 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:3, word by word
- Then the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyericho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- Rahabרָחָבrachav
Rahab
Rahab: a woman of Jericho who hid the spies of Israel. Her name means "wide, spacious."
Where else “rachav” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Bring outהוֹצִיאִיhotsii
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsii” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who cameבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- your houseבֵיתֵvete
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” 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
2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Look, men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel to search out the land.”
3 · This verse (above)
4But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.