Joshua 2:6

“But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out on the roof.”

Joshua 2:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 2:6, word by word

had brought them upהֶעֱלָתַheelata

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “heelata” appears
to the roofגָּגָgaga

roof, top

Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.

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and hidden themתִּטְמְנֵtitmne

hide, bury

Hide by burying in the ground.

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among the stalksעֵץets

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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of flaxפִשְׁתֵּיfishte

linen, flax

Flax: the plant whose fibers are made into thread and cloth; linen.

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that she had laid outעֲרֻכוֹתaruchot

arrange

To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.

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The context

5When 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.”

6 · This verse (above)

7So the men pursued them by the way to the Jordan as far as the fords, and they shut the gate after the pursuers had gone out after them.

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