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And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 1

אֵלָ֜יו'e.Lavto him

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 2

אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man of

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 3

אֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim

Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ephraim

Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 4

מָֽה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 5

הַדָּבָ֤רha.da.Var[is] the thing

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: word: thing

Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 6

הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> this

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 7

עָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.ta[which] you have done

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 8

לְבִלְתִּי֙le.vil.Tito not

Lemma: בִּלְתִּי (bil.ti) · Strong's: H1115

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: lest

Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 38:9, Genesis 43:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1115; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 9

קְרֹ֣אותke.Rotto summon

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to call: call to

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 10

כִּ֥יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 11

הָלַ֖כְתָּha.Lakh.tayou went

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to go: went

Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 12

לְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.Chemto fight

Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)

Meaning: to fight

Used 171 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3898A; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 13

בְּמִדְיָ֑ןbe.mid.Yanagainst Midian

Lemma: מִדְיָן (mid.yan) · Strong's: H4080H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Midian

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:16, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:19, Exodus 18:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4080H; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 14

וַיְרִיב֥וּןvay.ri.Vunand they quarreled !

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to contend

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 15

אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith him

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 16

בְּחָזְקָֽה\׃be.cha.ze.Kahwith force

Lemma: חׇזְקָה (choz.qah) · Strong's: H2394

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: force

Used 5 times. Also: Judges 4:3, 1 Samuel 2:16, Ezekiel 34:4, Jonah 3:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2394; TAHOT Judges 8:1 word 17

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then the men	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
of Ephraim	→	אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to [Gideon]	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
. . .	→	דָּבָר H1697I word: thing
have you done	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
this	→	זֶה H2088 this
to us	→
Why did you fail	→	בִּלְתִּי H1115 lest
to call	→	קָרָא H7121G to call: call to
us	→
when	→	כִּי H3588A for
you went	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
to fight	→	לָחַם H3898A to fight
against Midian	→	מִדְיָן H4080H Midian
And they contended	→	רִיב H7378 to contend
with him violently	→	אֵת H0854 with
. . .	→	חׇזְקָה H2394 force

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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