{
"verseID": "Joshua.2.1",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יִהוֹשֻֽׁעַ־בִּן נ֠וּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכ֛וּ רְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיח֑וֹ וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֛ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ רָחָ֖ב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָֽׁמָּה",
"text": "And *wə-yišlaḥ* *Yəhôšuaʿ*-*bēn* *Nûn* from-the-*šiṭṭîm* two-men *məraggəlîm* *ḥereš* saying, Go *rəʾû* *ʾet*-the-land and-*ʾet*-*Yərîḥô* and-they-*wə-yēlḵû* and-they-*wə-yāḇōʾû* house-of-woman *zônâ* and-her-name *Rāḥāḇ* and-they-*wayyiškəḇû*-there",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent",
"*Yəhôšuaʿ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Joshua",
"*bēn*": "construct state noun, masculine singular - son of",
"*Nûn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Nun",
"*šiṭṭîm*": "proper noun with definite article - Shittim (place name)",
"*məraggəlîm*": "piel participle, masculine plural - spies/scouts",
"*ḥereš*": "adverb - secretly/silently",
"*rəʾû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - see/look at",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*Yərîḥô*": "proper noun - Jericho",
"*wə-yēlḵû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went",
"*wə-yāḇōʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came/entered",
"*zônâ*": "feminine singular noun - prostitute/harlot",
"*Rāḥāḇ*": "proper noun, feminine singular - Rahab",
"*wayyiškəḇû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they lay down/lodged"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥereš*": "secretly/silently/quietly",
"*zônâ*": "prostitute/harlot/innkeeper",
"*wayyiškəḇû*": "lay down/lodged/slept"
}
}