Joshua 9:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

Young's Literal Translation
and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, ‘It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?’

King James Bible
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

Hebrew
But the men
אִֽישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Hivites,
הַחִוִּ֑י (ha·ḥiw·wî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2340: Hivite -- a Chivvite

“Perhaps
אוּלַ֗י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's 194: Perhaps

you
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

dwell
יוֹשֵׁ֔ב (yō·wō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

near us.
בְּקִרְבִּי֙ (bə·qir·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

How
וְאֵ֖יךְ (wə·’êḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can we make
אֶֽכְרָת־ (’eḵ·rāṯ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a treaty with you?”
בְרִֽית׃ (ḇə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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