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Judges 8:2

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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.	And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?	God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he said^H559 unto them, What have I done^H6213 now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning^H5955 of the grapes of Ephraim^H669 better^H2896 than the vintage^H1210 of Abiezer^H44?

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי עַתָּה כָּכֶם הֲלֹוא טֹוב עֹלְלֹות אֶפְרַיִם מִבְצִיר אֲבִיעֶזֶר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם	'a.lei./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
מֶה	meh-	H4100	HTi	what?
עָשִׂ֥יתִי	'a.Si.ti	H6213	HVqp1cs	have I done
עַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	H6258	HD	now
כָּ/כֶ֑ם	ka./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	like (the)/ you
הֲ/ל֗וֹא	ha./Lo'	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
ט֛וֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	good
עֹלְל֥וֹת	o.le.Lot	H5955	HNcfpc	(are) (the) gleanings of
אֶפְרַ֖יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	Ephraim
מִ/בְצִ֥יר	mi/v.Tzir	H1210	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ (the) grape harvest of
אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר	'a.vi.'E.zer	H44	HNp	Abiezer

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H44 — אֲבִיעֶזֶר (ʼĂbîyʻezer, ab-ee-ay'-zer): from אָב and עֵזֶר; father of help (i.e. helpful); Abiezer, the name of two Israelites; Abiezer.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
• H1210 — בָּצִיר (bâtsîyr, baw-tseer'): from בָּצַר; clipped, i.e. the grape crop; vintage.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H5955 — עֹלֵלָה (ʻôlêlâh, o-lay-law'): feminine active participle of עָלַל; only in plural gleanings; by extension gleaning-time; (gleaning) (of the) grapes, grapegleanings.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

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