Joshua 6:17
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.”
חָיָה
To live, to revive, to preserve alive. Chayah. He revives my soul. God is in the business of revival. He breathes new life into what is dead.
שָׁלַח
we sent
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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חֵרֶם
a devoted thing
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חֵרֶם
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
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רַק
only
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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רָחָב
Rahab
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רָחָב
Rachab, a Canaanitess
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חָבָא
she hid
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חָבָא
to secrete
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