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He tookוַיִּקַּחthe eldersאֶת זִקְנֵיof the city,הָעִירand the thornsוְאֶת קוֹצֵיof the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרand the briers,וְאֶת הַבַּרְקֳנִיםand with themבָּהֶםhe taughtוַיֹּדַעthe menאֵת אַנְשֵׁיof Succoth.סֻכּוֹת
Judges 8:16
Study it in the app“He took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness and the briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:16, word by word
- He tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and the thornsקוֹצֵיkotse
thorn
Thorn, thornbush.
Where else “kotse” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and the briersבַּרְקֳנִיםbarkonim
brier
Brier: a plant with hard thorns. The word appears only in Judges 8.
Where else “barkonim” appears- he taughtיֹּדַעyoda
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “yoda” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Succothסֻכּוֹתsukot
Succoth
Succoth: "booths". A place east of the Jordan; also a place in Egypt where Israel camped.
Where else “sukot” appears
Translation note
Word for word: “with them he made the men of Succoth know”: he carried out what he had said in verse 7.
The context
15He came to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?’”
16 · This verse (above)
17And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.