Judges 8:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

King James Bible
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Hebrew
Then he took
וַיִּקַּח֙ (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the elders
זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2205: Old

of the city,
הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and [using]
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the thorns
קוֹצֵ֥י (qō·w·ṣê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6975: A thorn, thornbush

and briers
הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים (hab·bar·qo·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1303: A thorn

of the wilderness,
הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (ham·miḏ·bār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

he disciplined
וַיֹּ֣דַע (way·yō·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

the men
אַנְשֵׁ֥י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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