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The officialsשָׂרֵיof Succothסֻכּוֹתsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Is the handהֲכַףof Zebahזֶבַחand Zalmunnaוְצַלְמֻנָּעalreadyעַתָּהin your hand,בְּיָדֶךָthatכִּיwe should giveנִתֵּןbreadלָחֶםto your army?”לִצְבָאֲךָ
Judges 8:6
Study it in the app“The officials of Succoth said, “Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:6, word by word
- The officialsשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of Succothסֻכּוֹתsukot
Succoth
Succoth: "booths". A place east of the Jordan; also a place in Egypt where Israel camped.
Where else “sukot” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Is the handכַףchaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chaf” appears- of Zebahזֶבַחzevach
Zebah
Zebah, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed. The name means "sacrifice."
Where else “zevach” appears- and Zalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּעtsalmuna
Zalmunna
Zalmunna, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed.
Where else “tsalmuna” appears- in your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- we should giveנִתֵּןniten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “niten” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- to your armyצְבָאֲtsevaa
army
An army.
Where else “tsevaa” appears
The context
5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give round loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Gideon said, “Therefore, when YHWH gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with the briers.”