Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known. spread a covering Joshua 2:4-6 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were: . . . the thing Exodus 1:19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them. Context Hushai's Warning Saves David…18But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it. 19And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known.20And when Absalom's servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.… Cross References Exodus 9:33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth. Joshua 2:4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were: Lexicon Then [the man's] wifeהָאִשָּׁ֗ה (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female took וַתִּקַּ֣ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take a covering הַמָּסָךְ֙ (ham·mā·sāḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4539: A covering, screen and spread וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ (wat·tip̄·rōś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6566: To break apart, disperse it over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mouth פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face of the well הַבְּאֵ֔ר (hab·bə·’êr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well and scattered וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח (wat·tiš·ṭaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7849: To spread, spread abroad grain הָֽרִפ֑וֹת (hā·ri·p̄ō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 7383: Perhaps grain over it, עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against so nobody וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no would know נוֹדַ֖ע (nō·w·ḏa‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know a thing. דָּבָֽר׃ (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Additional Translations Then the man's wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well and scattered grain over it, so nobody would know a thing.And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known. 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. And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised corn thereon; and nothing was known. And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn upon it; and the thing was not known. The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known. and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known. Jump to Previous Bruised Corn Cover Covering Crushed Face Grain Groats Ground Hole Mouth Opening Scattered Spread Spreadeth Strewed Thereon Top Well's WifeJump to Next Bruised Corn Cover Covering Crushed Face Grain Groats Ground Hole Mouth Opening Scattered Spread Spreadeth Strewed Thereon Top Well's WifeExternal Links 2 Samuel 17:19 NIV2 Samuel 17:19 NLT 2 Samuel 17:19 ESV 2 Samuel 17:19 NASB 2 Samuel 17:19 ASV 2 Samuel 17:19 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 17:19 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 17:19 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 17:19 French Bible 2 Samuel 17:19 German Bible Alphabetical: a about and anything covering grain His it knew known mouth No nothing of on one opening out over scattered so spread that the took was well well's wife woman OT History: 2 Samuel 17:19 The woman took and spread the covering (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |