What Does Joshua 2:6 Mean in the King James?

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Joshua 2:6 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The Hebrew root behind “hid” also forms “hidden treasure,” so concealment here is a way of keeping life beyond hostile sight.

THE MEANING

A life can be protected by remaining beyond hostile sight, under a covering made from what is already at hand. Here, ordinary flax becomes shelter because it is carefully arranged.

THE ROOT

וַתִּטְמְנֵם

vattitmenem

GROWS FROM

טמן

ṭ-m-n

To hide, conceal, or bury.

The root of “hid” also forms a Hebrew word for hidden treasure, joining concealment with the keeping of something valuable. The men are out of sight, yet this hiddenness preserves their lives.

ALSO GROWS

matmon: Hidden treasure.

מַטְמוֹן

Proverbs 2:4 uses this word for treasure sought while hidden, showing concealment as a way of keeping something precious.

tamun: Hidden, concealed.

טָמוּן

This form makes the root’s core sense visible: what is covered from sight remains present, though unseen.

THE PATTERN

Concealment can preserve life from a threat that would otherwise reach it.

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Exodus 2:2 · KJVA mother keeps her infant’s life beyond the reach of danger by hiding him.

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

2 Kings 11:3 · KJVA child’s hiddenness preserves his life through years of danger.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:3 · KJVThe verse presents hidden life as held within a place beyond ordinary sight.

THE THREAD

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:4 · KJV

“Hid” in Joshua and “hid treasures” in Proverbs come from the same Hebrew root, ⁨טמן⁩ (ṭ-m-n), meaning to hide or conceal. Joshua shows hiddenness keeping life safe; Proverbs shows it keeping treasure sought after.

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