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Theyוְהֵמָּהhad not yetטֶרֶםlain downיִשְׁכָּבוּןwhen sheוְהִיאcame upעָלְתָהto themעֲלֵיהֶםonעַלthe roof,הַגָּג
Joshua 2:8
Study it in the app“They had not yet lain down when she came up to them on the roof,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:8, word by word
- had not yetטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- lain downיִשְׁכָּבוּyishkavu
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkavu” appears- came upעָלְתָהalta
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alta” appears- the roofגָּגgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9and she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.