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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"
  1. 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)
  2. a city in Judah (noun proper locative)

Origin: from H6605" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6605

TWOT entry: None

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