Study it in the app“Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were in a great quarrel with the sons of Ammon, and I cried out to you, but you did not save me from their hand.”
Jephthahוַ יִפְתָּחsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Iאֲנִיand my peopleוְעַמִּיwereהָיִיתִיina greatמְאֹדquarrelאִישׁ רִיבwith the sonsוּבְנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand I cried outוָאֶזְעַקto you,אֶתְכֶםbutוְyou did notלֹאsaveהוֹשַׁעְתֶּםmeאוֹתִיfrom their hand.מִיָּדָם
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” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayiti” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsquarrel
A fight of words between people.
Where else “riv” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “ezak” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshatem” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appearsAmmon
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).
1The men of Ephraim were summoned, crossed to Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon and not call us to go with you? Your house we will burn over you with fire!”
2 · This verse (above)
3When I saw that you were not saving, I put my life in my hand and crossed over to the sons of Ammon, and YHWH gave them into my hand. So why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
