Study it in the app“The 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.””
The people,הָעָםthe chiefsשָׂרֵיof Gilead,גִלְעָדsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלone another,אִישׁ רֵעֵהוּ“Whoמִיis the manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwill beginיָחֵלto fightלְהִלָּחֵםagainst the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Ammon?עַמּוֹןHe shall beיִהְיֶהheadלְרֹאשׁover allלְכֹלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Gilead.”גִלְעָד
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsneighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “yachel” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears1Gilead
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).
2Ammon
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).
17The sons of Ammon were summoned and camped in Gilead, and the sons of Israel gathered and camped at Mizpah.
18 · This verse (above)
