Lexicon
שָׂרַד
sa.rad
H8277
H:V Hebrew

to escape

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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

  1. 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.

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