Study it in the app“The men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him with force.”
The menאִישׁof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםsaid to him,וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו“Whatמָהis thisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרyou have done to us,עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּnotלְבִלְתִּיcalling usקְרֹאות לָנוּwhenכִּיyou wentהָלַכְתָּto fightלְהִלָּחֵםagainst Midian?”בְּמִדְיָןAnd they contendedוַיְרִיבוּןwith himאִתּוֹwith force.בְּחָזְקָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kerovt” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsquarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “yerivu” appearsforce, harshness
Force, harshness. Almost always in a bad sense: to treat someone "with force," that is, with violence and harshness. In Jonah 3:8, to cry out "mightily."
Where else “chazka” appearsMidian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
1 · This verse (above)
2He said to them, “What have I done now compared with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
