Judges 8:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith to the men of Succoth, ‘Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.’

King James Bible
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

Hebrew
So [Gideon] said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to the men
לְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (lə·’an·šê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

of Succoth,
סֻכּ֔וֹת (suk·kō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5523: Succoth -- a city East of the Jordan, also a place in Egypt

“Please
נָא֙ (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

give
תְּנוּ־ (tə·nū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

my troops
לָעָ֖ם (lā·‘ām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

some
כִּכְּר֣וֹת (kik·kə·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

bread,
לֶ֔חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵ֔ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are exhausted,
עֲיֵפִ֣ים (‘ă·yê·p̄îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 5889: Faint, weary

and I
וְאָנֹכִ֗י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am still pursuing
רֹדֵ֛ף (rō·ḏêp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

Zebah
זֶ֥בַח (ze·ḇaḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2078: Zebah -- a Midianite king

and Zalmunna,
וְצַלְמֻנָּ֖ע (wə·ṣal·mun·nā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6759: Zalmunna -- a king of Midian

the kings
מַלְכֵ֥י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Midian.”
מִדְיָֽן׃ (miḏ·yān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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