Judges 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.”

Judges 11:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 11:113 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/יִפְתָּ֣חwəyipətāḥ

JephthahconjH3316

Jiphtah

הַ/גִּלְעָדִ֗יhagiləʿādiy

GileaditeparticleH1569

הָיָה֙hāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

גִּבּ֣וֹרgibwōr

championadjH1368

chief · excel · giant · man ···

חַ֔יִלḥayil

ablenounH2428

activity · army · band of men · company ···

וְ/ה֖וּאwəhwʾ

heconjH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

בֶּןben

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

אִשָּׁ֣הʾišāh

womannounH802

each · every · female · many ···

זוֹנָ֑הzwōnāh

commit fornicationverbH2181

continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···

וַ/יּ֥וֹלֶדwaywōled

bearconjH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

גִּלְעָ֖דgiləʿād

GileadnounH1568

Gileadite

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יִפְתָּֽחyipətāḥ

JephthahnounH3316

Jiphtah

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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