Joshua 6:23

“So the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had; and all her families they brought out, and they left them outside the camp of Israel.”

Joshua 6:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 6:23, word by word

So the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim

boy

A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.

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the spiesמְרַגְּלִיםmeraglim

spy

To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.

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went inיָּבֹאוּyavou

enter

To go into a place.

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and brought outיֹּצִיאוּyotsiu

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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Rahabרָחָבrachav

Rahab

Rahab: a woman of Jericho who hid the spies of Israel. Her name means "wide, spacious."

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her fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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her motherאִמָּima

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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her brothersאַחֶיache

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

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her familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיmishpchote

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

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and they left themיַּנִּיחוּyanichu

leave

To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.

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outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the campמַחֲנֵהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

22And to the two men who had spied out the land Joshua said, “Go into the house of the woman, the prostitute, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, just as you swore to her.”

23 · This verse (above)

24And the city they burned with fire, and all that was in it; only the silver and the gold and the utensils of bronze and iron they put into the treasury of the house of YHWH.

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