Study it in the app“Gilead took the fords of the Jordan against Ephraim; and it would happen that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” And he would say, “No.””
Gileadוַ גִּלְעָדtookיִּלְכֹּדthe fordsאֶת מַעְבְּרוֹתof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןagainst Ephraim;לְאֶפְרָיִםand it would happenוְהָיָהthat whenכִּיthe fugitivesפְּלִיטֵיof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםsaid,יֹאמְרוּ“Let me cross,”אֶעֱבֹרָהthe menוַ אַנְשֵׁיof Gileadגִלְעָדwould sayיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“Are youאַתָּהan Ephraimite?”הַאֶפְרָתִיAnd he would say,וַיֹּאמֶר“No.”לֹא
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkod” appearsford
A shallow place to cross a river.
Where else “mabrot” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsfugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “pelite” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “eevora” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsEphraimite
Of the tribe of Joseph's younger son.
Where else “efrati” 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).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
4Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they had said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, Gilead, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Then they would say to him, “Say, please, ‘Shibboleth.’” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not say it that way. Then they would seize him and slaughter him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time, of Ephraim, forty-two thousand.
