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Now Jephthahוְיִפְתָּחthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִיwasהָיָהa valiantגִּבּוֹרwarrior,חַיִלand heוְהוּאwas the sonבֶּןof a woman,אִשָּׁהa prostitute;זוֹנָהand GileadגִּלְעָדfatheredוַיּוֹלֶדJephthah.אֶת יִפְתָּח
Judges 11:1
Study it in the app“Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, and he was the son of a woman, a prostitute; and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:1, word by word
- Now Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- the Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgiladi
Gileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- a valiantגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- warriorחַיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- was the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- a prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- and Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- fatheredיּוֹלֶדyoled
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
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).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The wife of Gilead bore him sons; and the sons of the wife grew up and drove out Jephthah and said to him, “You shall not inherit in the house of our father, for you are the son of another woman.”