Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’ Young's Literal Translation ‘And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we [are], and now, make with us a covenant; King James Bible Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. Hebrew So the eldersזְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩ (zə·qê·nê·nū) Adjective - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 2205: Old and וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every inhabitants יֹשְׁבֵ֨י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of our land אַרְצֵ֜נוּ (’ar·ṣê·nū) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 776: Earth, land told וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say us, אֵלֵ֡ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to ‘Take קְח֨וּ (qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take provisions צֵידָה֙ (ṣê·ḏāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6720: Provision, food for your journey; לַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (lad·de·reḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action go וּלְכ֖וּ (ū·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to meet them לִקְרָאתָ֑ם (liq·rā·ṯām) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way and say וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to them: אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to We אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are your servants. עַבְדֵיכֶ֣ם (‘aḇ·ḏê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5650: Slave, servant Please make כִּרְתוּ־ (kir·ṯū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a treaty with us.’ בְרִֽית׃ (ḇə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant |