שָׂרַד
sa.rad
H8277
H:V
Hebrew
to escape
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Books
Hebrew
Language
sa.rad describes survivors getting away after Israel’s devastating attack.
The attested use describes survivors getting away after a devastating slaughter and reaching fortified cities in Joshua 10:20.
Senses in use
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Survivors getting away · dominant
In Joshua 10:20, the Qal perfect third common plural form occurs after Joshua and the sons of Israel finish a very great slaughter; the APB renders the resulting action as the survivors having “escaped and reached the fortified cities.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 10:20, the APB presents the action with “the survivors among them escaped and reached the fortified cities.” The term’s precise contribution within that wording cannot be isolated further.