Joshua 9:7
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
In other translations
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomeruand he saidH559אִישׁ־'ish-[the] man ofH376יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶל־'el-toH413הַחִוִּיhachivithe Hivite[s]H2340אוּלַי'ulaiperhapsH194בְּקִרְבִּיbekirbiin midst myH7130אַתָּה'atahyouH859יוֹשֵׁבyoshev[are] dwellingH3427וְאֵיךְve'eikhand how?H349אֶכְרָת'ekhrot-will I makeH3772לְךָlekhato <the> youבְרִית׃verita covenantH1285
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- Joshua 9:1And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
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