And whenוַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְנֵיof AmmonעַמּוֹןfoughtנִלְחֲמוּagainstעִםIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Gileadגִלְעָדwentוַיֵּלְכוּto bringלָקַחַתJephthahאֶת יִפְתָּחfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Tob.טוֹב
Judges 11:5
Study it in the app“And when the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:5, word by word
- And whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” 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- foughtנִלְחֲמוּnilchamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamu” 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- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Gileadגִלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- to bringקַחַתkachat
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kachat” appears- Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Tobטוֹבtov
Tob
Tob, a region east of the Jordan to which Jephthah fled. The name means "good."
Where else “tov” appears
Places in this verse
1Ammon
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).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
4After some time the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
5 · This verse (above)
6They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Ammon.”