Judges 8:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Ephraim say unto him, ‘What [is] this thing thou hast done to us—not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?’ and they strive with him severely;

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Then the men
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Ephraim
אֶפְרַ֗יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

said
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to [Gideon],
אֵלָ֜יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Why
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you done
עָשִׂ֣יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this
הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

to us?
לָּ֔נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

Why did you fail
לְבִלְתִּי֙ (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to call
קְרֹ֣אות (qə·rō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

us
לָ֔נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

when
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you went
הָלַ֖כְתָּ (hā·laḵ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to fight
לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (lə·hil·lā·ḥêm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

against Midian?”
בְּמִדְיָ֑ן (bə·miḏ·yān)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

And they contended
וַיְרִיב֥וּן (way·rî·ḇūn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

with him violently.
אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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