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title: יִפְתָּח — Jephthah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִפְתָּח (3316), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: Jephthah. BDB 1906: n.pr. Jephthah loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִפְתָּח

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«יִפְתָּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jephthah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 29 times · **Key:** 3316 · **BDB:** יִפְתָּח²

### Glosses

Jephthah (26); of.Jephthah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jephthah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3316/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. Jephthah loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3316/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. m. Jephthah, Ιεφθαε (he \[God\] openeth);—Ju 11:1(×2) + 26 times 11, 12, 1 S 12:11. loc. in the שְׁפֵלָה Jos 15:43 (P), A 𝔊L Ιεφθα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִפְתָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3316/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.14/)

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וַיּ֥וֹסֶף ע֖וֹד יִפְתָּ֑ח וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.repeated again Jephthah and he.sent messengers to the.king of.the.people of.Ammon

*JPS 1917:* And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

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[Judges 11:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.28/)

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וְלֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔ע מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יִפְתָּ֔ח אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלַ֖ח אֵלָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and not he.listened the.king of.the.people of.Ammon to the.words of.Jephthah which he.sent to him

*JPS 1917:* Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

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