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The menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe Hivite,הַחִוִּי“Perhapsאוּלַיyouאַתָּהliveיוֹשֵׁבamong us;בְּקִרְבִּיthen howוְאֵיךְcan we makeאֶכְרָתa covenantבְרִיתwith you?”לְךָ
Joshua 9:7
Study it in the app“The men of Israel said to the Hivite, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:7, word by word
- The menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi
Hivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appears- “Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- liveיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- among usקִרְבִּkirbi
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbi” appears- can we makeאֶכְרָתechrat
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “echrat” appears- a covenantבְרִיתverit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appears
The context
6They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “From a land far away we have come; now make a covenant with us.”
7 · This verse (above)
8They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”