Judges 8:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שָׂרֵ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת הֲ֠כַף זֶ֧בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֛ע עַתָּ֖ה בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־נִתֵּ֥ן לִֽצְבָאֲךָ֖ לָֽחֶם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer śārê sukkôṯ hăḵap̄ zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ now in-hand-of-you that-nittēn lə-ṣəḇāʾăḵā lāḥem

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said
*śārê*: masculine plural construct - princes/chiefs of
*sukkôṯ*: proper noun - Succoth
*hăḵap̄*: interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular construct - is the palm/hand of
*zeḇaḥ*: proper noun - Zebah
*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*: waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna
*nittēn*: Qal imperfect, 1st common plural - we should give
*lə-ṣəḇāʾăḵā*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your army
*lāḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread

Word Meanings

*śārê*: princes/chiefs/captains/officials
*kap̄*: palm/hand/sole (implying control)
*ṣəḇāʾăḵā*: your army/host/troops

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 20:11 : 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on [his armor] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
Prov 18:23 : 23 The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Gen 25:13 : 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Gen 37:25 : 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Gen 37:28 : 28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
Judg 8:15 : 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

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Judg 8:1-5
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1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.
2And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
4And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
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Judg 8:10-16
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10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
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13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
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Judg 8:7-8
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Judg 7:25
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Judg 8:25
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Judg 6:3-4
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Judg 6:19
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Judg 6:33
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Judg 6:29
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1 Sam 21:3
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Judg 18:8
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1 Sam 28:22
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2 Kgs 6:27
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Judg 9:38
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