Joshua

Joshua 9:6

⁶They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty^d with us.”

Footnotes

d 9:6 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; also in verses 7, 11, 15, and 16.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They went	וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ	yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3091 Jehoshua
in	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה	ham·ma·ḥă·neh	Article; Noun - common singular	H4264 encampment, camp
at Gilgal	הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל	hag·gil·gāl	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1537 Gilgal
and said	וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to him	אֵלָ֜יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
and	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the men	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
We have come	בָּ֔אנוּ	bā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from a distant	רְחוֹקָה֙	rə·ḥō·w·qāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7350 distant, far
land	מֵאֶ֤רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
please make	כִּרְתוּ־	kir·ṯū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H3772 cut off, cut down
a treaty	בְרִֽית׃	ḇə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
with us	לָ֥נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.