Judges 11:2
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
צֶמַח
tsemach
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
יִפְתָּח
Yiphtâch
Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָחַל
nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחַל nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Study H5157 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Study H1568 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
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