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The sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןwere summonedוַיִּצָּעֲקוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּin Gilead,בַּגִּלְעָדand the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgatheredיֵּאָסְפוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Mizpah.בַּמִּצְפָּה
Judges 10:17
Study it in the app“The sons of Ammon were summoned and camped in Gilead, and the sons of Israel gathered and camped at Mizpah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 10:17, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- were summonedיִּצָּעֲקוּyitsaaku
summon
To be gathered for war.
Where else “yitsaaku” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- in Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- gatheredיֵּאָסְפוּyeasfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeasfu” appears- at Mizpahמִּצְפָּהmitspa
Mizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appears
Places in this verse
1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
3Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
The context
16They removed the foreign gods from among them and served YHWH; and his soul grew impatient with the toil of Israel.
17 · This verse (above)
18The people, the chiefs of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”