Study it in the app“So 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.”
So the menוְהָאֲנָשִׁיםpursued themרָדְפוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶםby the wayדֶּרֶךְto the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןas far asעַלthe fords,הַמַּעְבְּרוֹתand they shutוְ סָגָרוּthe gateהַשַּׁעַרafterאַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁרthe pursuersהָרֹדְפִיםhad gone outיָצְאוּafter them.אַחֲרֵיהֶם
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “radfu” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsford
A shallow place to cross a river.
Where else “mabrot” appearsshut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sagaru” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
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.
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8They had not yet lain down when she came up to them on the roof,
