Judges 11:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּבְרַ֤ח יִפְתָּח֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י אֶחָ֔יו וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ ט֑וֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ אֶל־יִפְתָּח֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים רֵיקִ֔ים וַיֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyibraḥ Yiptach from-pənê 'eḥāyw and wayyēšeb in-'ereṣ Ṭôb and wayyitlaqqəṭû to-Yiptach 'ănāšîm rêqîm and wayyēṣə'û with-him

Grammar Details

• *wayyibraḥ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he fled
• *Yiptach*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jephthah
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of/presence of
• *'eḥāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brothers
• *wayyēšeb*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he dwelt/lived
• *'ereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Ṭôb*: proper noun - Tob
• *wayyitlaqqəṭû*: verb, Hitpael imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they gathered themselves
• *'ănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
• *rêqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - empty/vain/worthless
• *wayyēṣə'û*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they went out

Word Meanings

• *wayyibraḥ*: fled/ran away/escaped
• *pənê*: face of/presence of/from before
• *wayyēšeb*: dwelt/lived/settled
• *wayyitlaqqəṭû*: gathered themselves/collected themselves/joined together
• *rêqîm*: empty/vain/worthless/idle/lawless

Referenced Verses

• Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
• 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
• 2 Sam 10:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
• 2 Sam 10:8 : 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
• Job 30:1-9 : 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men,(they cried after them as after a thief;) 6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
• Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• 1 Sam 27:2 : 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
• 1 Sam 30:22-24 : 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.