Whenוַיְהִיthe gateהַשַּׁעַרwas about to be shutלִסְגּוֹרat dark,בַּחֹשֶׁךְthe menוְהָאֲנָשִׁיםwent out.יָצָאוּI do notלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיwhereאָנָהthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwent.הָלְכוּPursueרִדְפוּthemאַחֲרֵיהֶםquickly,מַהֵרforכִּיyou will overtake them.”תַשִּׂיגוּם
Joshua 2:5
Study it in the app“When the gate was about to be shut at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:5, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- was about to be shutסְגּוֹרsegor
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “segor” appears- at darkחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- went outיָצָאוּyatsau
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsau” appears- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- whereאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- wentהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- Pursueרִדְפוּridfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “ridfu” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- you will overtake themתַשִּׂיגוּtasigu
overtake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “tasigu” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out on the roof.