Joshua

Joshua 2:1

¹Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim,^a saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ־	yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘-	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3091 Jehoshua
son	בִּן־	bin-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Nun	נ֠וּן	nūn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5126 Nun, Non
secretly	חֶ֣רֶשׁ	ḥe·reš	Noun - masculine singular	H2791 silently, secretly
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
two	שְׁנַֽיִם־	šə·na·yim-	Number - md	H8147 two
spies	מְרַגְּלִים֙	mə·rag·gə·lîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H7270 foot it, go about
from	מִֽן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Shittim	הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים	haš·šiṭ·ṭîm	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7851 Shittim
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Go	לְכ֛וּ	lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
inspect	רְא֥וּ	rə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7200 see
the land	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
especially Jericho	יְרִיח֑וֹ	yə·rî·ḥōw	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3405 Jericho
So they went	וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
and entered	וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the house	בֵּית־	bêṯ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of a prostitute	זוֹנָ֛ה	zō·w·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
named	וּשְׁמָ֥הּ	ū·šə·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8034 name
Rahab	רָחָ֖ב	rā·ḥāḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7343 Rachab
and stayed	וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־	way·yiš·kə·ḇū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7901 lie down
there	שָֽׁמָּה׃	šām·māh	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H8033 there, thither

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.