Study it in the app“He 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.”
He struck themוַיַּכֵּםfrom Aroerמֵעֲרוֹעֵרtoוְעַדthe approachבּוֹאֲךָof Minnith,מִנִּיתtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםcities,עִירand as far asוְעַדAbel-keramim,אָבֵל כְּרָמִיםwith a veryמְאֹדgreatגְּדוֹלָהblow.מַכָּהSo the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןwere subduedיִּכָּנְעוּbeforeמִפְּנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appearsAroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appearsMinnith
Minnith, a place east of the Jordan, in the land of the sons of Ammon (Ezekiel 27:17).
Where else “minit” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsAbel-keramim
Abel-keramim, a place east of the Jordan, in the land of the sons of Ammon. The name means "meadow of the vineyards."
Where else “avel” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsloud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gedola” appearsplague
A great defeat an army suffers, or the plague YHWH sends on a people.
Where else “maka” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearssubdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yikanu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsAmmon
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).
32Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and YHWH gave them into his hand.
33 · This verse (above)
34Jephthah came to Mizpah, to his house, and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dances. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
