H3316H–יִפְתָּח–yiph.tach

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.

וְיִפְתָּ֣ח (יִפְתָּ֣ח) yif.Tach “Jephthah”יִפְתָּֽח׃ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.

לְיִפְתָּ֔ח (יִפְתָּ֔ח) yif.Tach “Jephthah”

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

יִפְתָּ֜ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”יִפְתָּ֧ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.

יִפְתָּ֔ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

יִפְתָּ֥ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

יִפְתָּ֛ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

יִפְתָּ֣ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

לְיִפְתָּ֜ח (יִפְתָּ֜ח) yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.

יִפְתָּ֛ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”