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and said to him,וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרJephthah:יִפְתָּחIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלdid notלֹאtakeלָקַחthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Moabמוֹאָבor the landוְאֶת אֶרֶץof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon.עַמּוֹן
Judges 11:15
Study it in the app“and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the sons of Ammon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:15, word by word
- and said to himיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- 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- takeלָקַחlakach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakach” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” 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
1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
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).
The context
14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon,
15 · This verse (above)
16For when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and came to Kadesh.