Study it in the app“At the end of two months she returned to her father, and he did with her his vow that he had vowed; and she had not known a man. And it became a statute in Israel:”
At the endוַיְהִי מִקֵּץof twoשְׁנַיִםmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםshe returnedוַתָּשָׁבtoאֶלher father,אָבִיהָand he didוַיַּעַשׂwith herלָהּhis vowאֶת נִדְרוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe had vowed;נָדָרand sheוְהִיאhad notלֹאknownיָדְעָהa man.אִישׁAnd it becameוַתְּהִיa statuteחֹקin Israel:בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsend
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashav” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appearsvow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nidr” appearsvow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “nadar” appearslie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yada” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” 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” appears“She had not known a man” means that she had not been united with any man (Genesis 4:1). The text does not tell how the vow was carried out; it only says that the father “did with her his vow.”
38He said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went, with her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.
39 · This verse (above)
40from year to year the daughters of Israel go to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
