Study it in the app“Jephthah 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?””
Jephthahיִפְתָּחsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the eldersלְזִקְנֵיof Gilead,גִלְעָד“Did notהֲלֹאyouאַתֶּםhate meשְׂנֵאתֶם אוֹתִיand drive me outוַתְּגָרְשׁוּנִיof the houseמִבֵּיתof my father?אָבִיWhyוּמַדּוּעַhave you comeבָּאתֶםto meאֵלַיnow,עַתָּהwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרyou are in distress?”צַר לָכֶם
Iphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “senetem” appearsdrive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “tegarshu” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “batem” appearsdistress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appearsGilead
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).
6They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Ammon.”
7 · This verse (above)
8The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have now come back to you, so that you may go with us and fight against the sons of Ammon and be our head, over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
