7{
"verseID": "Judges.12.7",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט יִפְתָּ֛ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַיָּ֗מָת יִפְתָּח֙ הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד",
"text": "And *wayyišpōṭ* *yip̄tāḥ* *ʾeṯ*-*yiśrāʾēl* six *šānîm* and *wayyāmāṯ* *yip̄tāḥ* *haggilʿāḏî* and *wayyiqqāḇēr* in-*bəʿārê* *gilʿāḏ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišpōṭ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged",
"*yip̄tāḥ*": "proper noun - Jephthah",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*šānîm*": "feminine plural noun - years",
"*wayyāmāṯ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he died",
"*haggilʿāḏî*": "definite article + gentilic adjective - the Gileadite",
"*wayyiqqāḇēr*": "waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was buried",
"*bəʿārê*": "preposition + feminine plural construct - in cities of",
"*gilʿāḏ*": "proper noun - Gilead"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyišpōṭ*": "judged/governed/led/delivered",
"*wayyiqqāḇēr*": "was buried/was interred",
"*bəʿārê*": "in the cities of/in the towns of"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Judges.12.8",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט אַֽחֲרָיו֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִבְצָ֖ן מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם",
"text": "And *wayyišpōṭ* after-him *ʾeṯ*-*yiśrāʾēl* *ʾiḇṣān* from-*mibbêṯ* *lāḥem*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišpōṭ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*ʾiḇṣān*": "proper noun - Ibzan",
"*mibbêṯ*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - from house of",
"*lāḥem*": "proper noun - Bethlehem/Lehem"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyišpōṭ*": "judged/governed/led/delivered",
"*mibbêṯ lāḥem*": "from Bethlehem (could be either Judean or Zebulunite Bethlehem)"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Judges.12.9",
"source": "וַיְהִי־ל֞וֹ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים בָּנוֹת֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח הַח֔וּצָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנ֔וֹת הֵבִ֥יא לְבָנָ֖יו מִן־הַח֑וּץ וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים",
"text": "And *wayəhî*-to-him thirty *bānîm* and-thirty *bānôṯ* *šillaḥ* *haḥûṣāh* and-thirty *bānôṯ* *hēḇîʾ* to-*ləḇānāyw* from-*haḥûṣ* and *wayyišpōṭ* *ʾeṯ*-*yiśrāʾēl* seven *šānîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was/and he had",
"*bānîm*": "masculine plural noun - sons",
"*bānôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - daughters",
"*šillaḥ*": "Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he sent out",
"*haḥûṣāh*": "definite article + masculine singular noun + directional heh - to the outside",
"*hēḇîʾ*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he brought in",
"*ləḇānāyw*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for his sons",
"*haḥûṣ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the outside",
"*wayyišpōṭ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*šānîm*": "feminine plural noun - years"
},
"variants": {
"*šillaḥ*": "sent out/sent away/gave in marriage",
"*haḥûṣāh*": "outside/abroad/to other families",
"*hēḇîʾ*": "brought in/took in/imported",
"*haḥûṣ*": "outside/abroad/from other families"
}
}