16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 9:16:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֗יvayehiAnd it happened Joshua 9:16:2 ⧉מִקְצֵה֙miktsehat the end Joshua 9:16:3 ⧉שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתsheloshetthree Joshua 9:16:4 ⧉יָמִ֔יםyamimdays Joshua 9:16:5 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֕יakhareiafter Joshua 9:16:6 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּasherkartuthat they had made Joshua 9:16:7 ⧉לָהֶ֖םlahemwith them Joshua 9:16:8 ⧉בְּרִ֑יתbereeta covenant Joshua 9:16:9 ⧉וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּvayishmeuand they heard Joshua 9:16:10 ⧉כִּי־קְרֹבִ֥יםkikrovimthat near Joshua 9:16:11 ⧉הֵם֙hemthey Joshua 9:16:12 ⧉אֵלָ֔יוeilavto them Joshua 9:16:13 ⧉וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹuvkirboand among them Joshua 9:16:14 ⧉הֵ֥םhemthey Joshua 9:16:15 ⧉יֹשְׁבִֽים׃yoshvimwere living |
16. Formal Translation And it came to pass from the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors and were living in their midst. |
16. Dynamic Translation Three days after making a treaty with them, they found out that those people actually lived close by, right in their midst. |