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from year to yearמִיָּמִים יָמִימָהthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgoתֵּלַכְנָהto commemorateלְתַנּוֹתthe daughterלְבַתof Jephthahיִפְתָּחthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִיfourאַרְבַּעַתdaysיָמִיםin the year.בַּשָּׁנָה
Judges 11:40
Study it in the app“from year to year the daughters of Israel go to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:40, word by word
- from year to yearיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of 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- goתֵּלַכְנָהtelachna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telachna” appears- to commemorateתַנּוֹתtanot
recount, commemorate
Recount, celebrate, repeat aloud what someone did; commemorate.
Where else “tanot” appears- of Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- the Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgiladi
Gileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” appears- fourאַרְבַּעַתarbaat
four
Four.
Where else “arbaat” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
39At 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:
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