Judges

Judges 8:1

¹Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the men	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֗יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
said	וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to	אֵלָ֜יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Why	מָֽה־	māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you done	עָשִׂ֣יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
this	הַזֶּה֙	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
to us	לָּ֔נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
Why did you fail	לְבִלְתִּי֙	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
to call	קְרֹ֣אות	qə·rō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7121 call, proclaim, read
us	לָ֔נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
when	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you went	הָלַ֖כְתָּ	hā·laḵ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
to fight	לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם	lə·hil·lā·ḥêm	Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H3898 fight, do battle
against Midian	בְּמִדְיָ֑ן	bə·miḏ·yān	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4080 Midjan
And they contended	וַיְרִיב֥וּן	way·rî·ḇūn	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H7378 strive, contend
with him violently	אִתּ֖וֹ	’it·tōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with

Cross-references

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2 Samuel 19:41 · Job 5:2 · James 4:5–6 · Judges 12:1–6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.