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After some timeוַיְהִי מִיָּמִיםthe sonsבְנֵיof AmmonעַמּוֹןfoughtוַיִּלָּחֲמוּagainstעִםIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Judges 11:4
Study it in the app“After some time the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:4, word by word
- After some timeיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- After some timeיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- foughtיִּלָּחֲמוּyilachamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachamu” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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
Places in this verse
Ammon
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).
The context
3Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and there gathered around Jephthah empty men, and they went out with him.
4 · This verse (above)
5And when the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.