What Does Joshua 2:5 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“of the gate”

an opening, i.e., door or gate

“And it came to pass about the time of shutting”

to shut up; figuratively, to surrender

“when it was dark”

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“went out”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“I wot”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither

“went”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“not pursue”

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)

“them quickly”

properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for ye shall overtake”

to reach (literally or figuratively)