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But the kingוְ מֶלֶךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןdid notלֹאlistenשָׁמַע אֶלto the wordsדִּבְרֵיof Jephthahיִפְתָּחthatאֲשֶׁרhe had sent him.שָׁלַח אֵלָיו
Judges 11:28
Study it in the app“But the king of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:28, word by word
- But 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- listenשָׁמַעshama
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appears- to the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- he had sent himשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” 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
27I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by fighting against me. May YHWH, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.”
28 · This verse (above)
29The spirit of YHWH came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the sons of Ammon.