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2 Samuel 17

2 Sam. 17:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andq the woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
and spread
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
a covering
macak (Hebrew #4539)
a cover, i.e. veil
KJV usage: covering, curtain, hanging.
Pronounce: maw-sawk'
Origin: from 5526
over the well’s
'er (Hebrew #875)
a pit; especially a well
KJV usage: pit, well.
Pronounce: be-ayr'
Origin: from 874
mouth
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, and spread
shatach (Hebrew #7849)
to expand
KJV usage: all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
Pronounce: shaw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
ground corn
riyphah (Hebrew #7383)
from 7322; (only plural), grits (as pounded)
KJV usage: ground corn, wheat.
Pronounce: ree-faw'
Origin: or riphah {ree-faw'}
thereon; and the thing
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
was not known
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Josh. 2:6• 6{i}But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.{/i} (Josh. 2:6)
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Corn,
Wells,
Woman

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Ministry on This Verse

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spread a covering.
Josh. 2:4‑6,5‑24• 4{i}And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;{/i}
 5{i}and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.{/i}
 6{i}But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.{/i}
 5{i}and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.{/i}
 6{i}But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.{/i}
 7{i}And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.{/i}
 8{i}And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;{/i}
 9{i}and said to the men{/i}, I know, that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
 10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
 11And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
 12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, {i}and give me a certain sign,{/i}
 13{i}that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.{/i}
 14{i}And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.{/i}
 15{i}And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.{/i}
 16{i}And she said to them, Go to the mountain, that the pursuers may not meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards go your way.{/i}
 17{i}And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.{/i}
 18{i}Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind in the window this line of scarlet thread by which thou hast let us down; and thou shalt gather to thee in the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household;{/i}
 19{i}and it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, —his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.{/i}
 20{i}And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.{/i}
 21{i}And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.{/i}
 22{i}And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.{/i}
 23{i}And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and went over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him everything that had happened to them.{/i}
 24{i}And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.{/i} (Josh. 2:4‑6,5‑24)
the thing.
Ex. 1:19• 19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife cometh to them. (Ex. 1:19)
• In this scene there is an uninterrupted chain of service working together toward a common goal. Had one link been missing David would become Absalom's prey. The poor servant girl's devotion is just as valuable to the king as Hushai's lovely disinterestedness. (“Service: 2 Samuel 17” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)