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Jephthahיִפְתָּחfledוַיִּבְרַחfromמִפְּנֵיhis brothersאֶחָיוand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Tob;טוֹבand there gatheredוַיִּתְלַקְּטוּaroundאֶלJephthahיִפְתָּחemptyרֵיקִיםmen,אֲנָשִׁיםand they went outוַיֵּצְאוּwith him.עִמּוֹ
Judges 11:3
Study it in the app“Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and there gathered around Jephthah empty men, and they went out with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:3, 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- fledיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- fromפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Tobטוֹבtov
Tob
Tob, a region east of the Jordan to which Jephthah fled. The name means "good."
Where else “tov” appears- and there gatheredיִּתְלַקְּטוּyitlaktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “yitlaktu” appears- emptyרֵיקִיםrekim
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- and they went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears
The context
2The 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4After some time the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.