Joshua

Joshua 9:16

¹⁶Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Three	שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת	šə·lō·šeṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H7969 a three, triad
days	יָמִ֔ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
after	אַחֲרֵ֕י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
they had made	כָּרְת֥וּ	kā·rə·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3772 cut off, cut down
the treaty	בְּרִ֑ית	bə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
with	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
learned	וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּ	way·yiš·mə·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
that	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	הֵם֙	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
neighbors	קְרֹבִ֥ים	qə·rō·ḇîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7138 near
living	יֹשְׁבִֽים׃	yō·šə·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
among them	וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ	ū·ḇə·qir·bōw	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7130 inward part, midst

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.