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Jephthahיִפְתָּחcrossed overוַיַּעֲבֹרtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןto fightלְהִלָּחֶםagainst them,בָּםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהgave themיִתְּנֵםinto his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Judges 11:32
Study it in the app“Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and YHWH gave them into his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:32, 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- crossed overיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- 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- to fightהִלָּחֶםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- and YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- gave themיִתְּנֵyitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitne” appears- into his handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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
31then it shall be that the one that comes out, that comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, shall be YHWH’s, and I will offer that one up as a burnt offering.”
32 · This verse (above)
33He struck them from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great blow. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.