H3316H–יִפְתָּח–yiph.tach

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

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

And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him: 'Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.'

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

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

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And they said unto Jephthah: 'Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.'

לְיִפְתָּ֔ח (יִפְתָּ֔ח) yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?'

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'Therefore are we returned to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon, and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.'

יִפְתָּ֜ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.'

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.

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

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying: 'What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?'

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah: 'Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; now therefore restore those cities peaceably.'

יִפְתָּ֗ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

and he said unto him: 'Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.

יִפְתָּ֑ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

יִפְתָּ֔ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said: 'If Thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

יִפְתָּ֥ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand.

יִפְתָּ֛ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

יִפְתָּ֣ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed to Zaphon; and they said unto Jephthah: 'Wherefore didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.'

לְיִפְתָּ֜ח (יִפְתָּ֜ח) yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah said unto them: 'I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said: 'Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.'

יִפְתָּח֙ yif.Tach “Jephthah”

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

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

And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt in safety.

יִפְתָּ֖ח yif.Tach “Jephthah”