Study it in the app“The 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.””
The eldersזִקְנֵיof GileadגִלְעָדsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלJephthah,יִפְתָּח“That is whyלָכֵןwe have nowעַתָּהcome backשַׁבְנוּto you,אֵלֶיךָso that you may goוְהָלַכְתָּwith usעִמָּנוּand fightוְנִלְחַמְתָּagainst the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןand beוְהָיִיתָourלָּנוּhead,לְרֹאשׁover allלְכֹלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Gilead.”גִלְעָד
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsIphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavnu” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamta” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears1Gilead
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).
2Ammon
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).
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?”
8 · This verse (above)
9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me back to fight against the sons of Ammon, and YHWH gives them over before me, I will be your head.”
