Study it in the app“The 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.”
The spiritרוּחַof YHWHיְהוָהcameוַתְּהִיuponעַלJephthah,יִפְתָּחand he passed throughוַיַּעֲבֹרGileadאֶת הַגִּלְעָדand Manasseh,וְאֶת מְנַשֶּׁהpassed onוַיַּעֲבֹרto Mizpahאֶת מִצְפֵּהof Gilead,גִלְעָדand from Mizpahוּמִמִּצְפֵּהof Gileadגִלְעָדhe passed onעָבַרto the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon.עַמּוֹן
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appearsIphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsMizpeh
Mizpeh: the name of several places; it means "watchtower, a place from which one keeps watch."
Where else “mitspe” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears1Gilead
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).
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).
28But the king of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
29 · This verse (above)
30Jephthah made a vow to YHWH and said, “If you will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,
