Joshua 2:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.

King James Bible
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

Hebrew
So the [king's] men
וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

set out in pursuit
רָדְפ֤וּ (rā·ḏə·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

[of the spies]
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ (’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

along the road
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the fords
הַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹת (ham·ma‘·bə·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4569: A crossing-place, a transit, overwhelming

of the Jordan,
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

and as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

soon as they
יָצְא֥וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

had gone out,
הָרֹדְפִ֖ים (hā·rō·ḏə·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

the gate
וְהַשַּׁ֣עַר (wə·haš·ša·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

was shut.
סָגָ֔רוּ (sā·ḡā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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