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They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto Jephthah,לְיִפְתָּח“Comeלְכָהand beוְהָיִיתָהour commander,לָּנוּ לְקָצִיןand let us fightוְנִלָּחֲמָהagainst the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Ammon.”עַמּוֹן
Judges 11:6
Study it in the app“They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Ammon.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:6, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiftach
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appears- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- and beהָיִיתָהhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- our commanderקָצִיןkatsin
commander, leader
Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.
Where else “katsin” appears- and let us fightנִלָּחֲמָהnilachama
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilachama” appears- against the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
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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
5And when the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6 · This verse (above)
7Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did not you hate me and drive me out of the house of my father? Why have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”