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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַmadeוַיַּעַשׂpeaceשָׁלוֹםwith themלָהֶםand madeוַיִּכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith them,לָהֶםto let them live;לְחַיּוֹתָםand the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof the communityהָעֵדָהsworeוַיִּשָּׁבְעוּto them.לָהֶם
Joshua 9:15
Study it in the app“Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the chiefs of the community swore to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:15, word by word
- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and madeיִּכְרֹתyichrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- to let them liveחַיּוֹתָchayota
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chayota” appears- and the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- sworeיִּשָּׁבְעוּyishavu
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishavu” appears
The context
14The men took of their provision, but they did not ask the mouth of YHWH.
15 · This verse (above)
16And it came about, at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they were living among them.