Judges 8:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi–ezer?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
טוֹב
good
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טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
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עָשָׂה
have I done
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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עַתָּה
now
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עַתָּה
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
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עֹלֵלָה
are the gleanings of
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עֹלֵלָה
only in plural gleanings; by extension gleaning-time
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