Study it in the app“She 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.””
She said to him,וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“My father,אָבִיyou have openedפָּצִיתָהyour mouthאֶת פִּיךָtoאֶלYHWH;יְהוָהdoעֲשֵׂהto meלִיaccording to whatכַּאֲשֶׁרcame outיָצָאof your mouth,מִפִּיךָnow thatאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas doneעָשָׂהfor youלְךָvengeanceנְקָמוֹתon your enemies,מֵאֹיְבֶיךָon the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Ammon.”עַמּוֹן
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsopen the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “patsita” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” 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” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appearsspring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsa” appearsvengeance
Vengeance: punishment given for a wrong received.
Where else “nekamot” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” 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).
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.”
36 · This verse (above)
37And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, so that I may go and go down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.”
