Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 2:9

9 And she said unto the men , I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Qu. How could they understand one the other? Ans. 1. The Hebrew and the Canaan or Phoenician Languages have a very great resemblance, and are thought to be but differing Dialects of one and the same Tongue, as the learned prove by a multitude of words which are common to both of them. Or, 2. some of the Hebrews had either out of curiosity, or by Ioshua's order and direction, learnt that Language for this or other such like Occasions.

i. e. The dread of you: See Exod. 23. 27. and 34. 24. Deut. 11. 25. and 28. 7.

Marginal references: Gen. 35. 5.; Heb. melt.