Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 8:1 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֵלָ֜יוH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3אִ֣ישׁH376And the mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
4אֶפְרַ֗יִםH669of Ephraimephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
5מָֽהH4100unto him Why hast thouproperly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
6הַדָּבָ֤רH1697us thusa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
7הַזֶּה֙H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
8עָשִׂ֣יתָH6213servedto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
9לָּ֔נוּH0
10לְבִלְתִּי֙H1115properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
11קְרֹ֣אותH7121that thou calledstto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
12לָ֔נוּH0
13כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
14הָלַ֖כְתָּH1980us not when thou wentestto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
15לְהִלָּחֵ֣םH3898to fightto feed on; figuratively, to consume
16בְּמִדְיָ֑ןH4080with the Midianitesmidjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
17וַיְרִיב֥וּןH7378And they did chideproperly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
18אִתּ֖וֹH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
19בְּחָזְקָֽה׃H2394with him sharplyvehemence (usually in a bad sense)

Verse Context

Judges 8:1 (current)said And the men of Ephraim unto him Why hast thou us thus served that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites And they did chide with him sharply
Judges 8:2And he said unto them What have I done ...

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