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Jephthahיִפְתָּחsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמַהis there between me and you,לִּי וָלָךְthatכִּיyou have comeבָאתָto meאֵלַיto fightלְהִלָּחֵםin my land?”בְּאַרְצִי
Judges 11:12
Study it in the app“Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is there between me and you, that you have come to me to fight in my land?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:12, word by word
- Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- you have comeבָאתָvata
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- in my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears
Places in this verse
Ammon
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).
The context
11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him over them head and commander; and Jephthah spoke all his words before YHWH at Mizpah.
12 · This verse (above)
13The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took my land when it came up from Egypt, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore return them in peace.”