Study it in the app“When 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.””
Whenוַיְהִי כִhe saw her,רְאוֹתוֹ אוֹתָהּhe toreוַיִּקְרַעhis clothesאֶת בְּגָדָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Alas,אֲהָהּmy daughter!בִּתִּיYou have brought me very low,הַכְרֵעַ הִכְרַעְתִּנִיand youוְאַתְּareהָיִיתְamong those who bring me ruin.בְּעֹכְרָיIוְאָנֹכִיhave openedפָּצִיתִיmy mouthפִיtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהand I cannotוְלֹא אוּכַלturn back.”לָשׁוּב
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsalas
Alas!: a cry of pain or distress.
Where else “ahah” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “biti” appearsbring low
To be struck down by grief or by another's force.
Where else “hachrea” appearstrouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “ochra” appearsopen the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “patsiti” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” 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” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears“I have opened my mouth to YHWH”: I have made him a solemn promise (Numbers 30:2).
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.
35 · This verse (above)
36She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to YHWH; do to me according to what came out of your mouth, now that YHWH has done for you vengeance on your enemies, on the sons of Ammon.”
