Joshua 2:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ הָהָ֔רָה וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים עַד־שָׁ֖בוּ הָרֹדְפִ֑ים וַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּ הָרֹדְפִ֛ים בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ וְלֹ֥א מָצָֽאוּ

Transliteration

And-wayyēlḵû and-wayyāḇōʾû to-the-hāhārâ and-wayyēšḇû there three days until-šāḇû the-pursuers and-wayḇaqšû the-pursuers in-all-the-way and-not māṣāʾû

Grammar Details

*wayyēlḵû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went
*wayyāḇōʾû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*hāhārâ*: definite article + noun masculine singular + directional he - to the mountain/hill country
*wayyēšḇû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they stayed
*šāḇû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they returned
*wayḇaqšû*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they sought
*māṣāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they found

Word Meanings

*wayyēšḇû*: stayed/remained/dwelt

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 19:10-12 : 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11 And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain. 12 So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
2 Sam 17:20 : 20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Ps 32:6-7 : 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542}

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