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Jephthahיִפְתָּחagainוַיּוֹסֶף עוֹדsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹן
Judges 11:14
Study it in the app“Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:14, 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- againיּוֹסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” 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
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
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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the sons of Ammon.