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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יִפְתָּח
יִפְתָּח
H3316
Transliteration: Yiphtâch
Pronunciation: yif-tawkh'
Definition: Jephthah
Original: יפתּח Transliteration: yiphtâch Phonetic: yif-tawkh'
BDB Definition:
Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"- a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering (noun proper masculine)
- a city in Judah (noun proper locative)