Study it in the app“The 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.””
The wifeאֵשֶׁתof Gileadגִּלְעָדbore himוַתֵּלֶד לוֹsons;בָּנִיםand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof the wifeהָאִשָּׁהgrew upיִּגְדְּלוּand drove outוַיְגָרְשׁוּJephthahאֶת יִפְתָּחand said to him,וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ“You shall notלֹאinheritתִנְחַלin the houseבְּבֵיתof our father,אָבִינוּforכִּיyou areאָתָּהthe sonבֶּןof anotherאַחֶרֶתwoman.”אִשָּׁה
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsgrow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdlu” appearsdrive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “yegarshu” appearsIphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “tinchal” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acheret” appearsGilead
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).
1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, and he was the son of a woman, a prostitute; and Gilead fathered Jephthah.
2 · This verse (above)
3Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and there gathered around Jephthah empty men, and they went out with him.
