Study it in the app“Jephthah 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.”
Jephthahיִפְתָּחcameוַיָּבֹאto Mizpah,הַמִּצְפָּהtoאֶלhis house,בֵּיתוֹand thereוְהִנֵּהwas his daughterבִתּוֹcoming outיֹצֵאתto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹwith tambourinesבְתֻפִּיםand dances.וּבִמְחֹלוֹתSheהִיאwas his only child;וְרַק יְחִידָהhe had noאֵין לוֹsonבֵּןorאוֹdaughterבַתbesides her.מִמֶּנּוּ
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearstambourine
Tambourine: a small hand drum.
Where else “tupim” appearsdance
Dance in a ring.
Where else “mecholot” appearsonly
The only child of his parents, the most beloved.
Where else “yechida” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsMizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
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.
34 · This verse (above)
35When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who bring me ruin. I have opened my mouth to YHWH, and I cannot turn back.”
