- 1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.וַיִּצָּעֵק֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר צָפ֑וֹנָה וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ לְיִפְתָּ֜ח מַדּ֣וּעַ עָבַ֣רְתָּ לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּבְנֵי עַמּ֗וֹן לֹ֤א קָרָ֨אתָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת עִמָּ֔ךְ בֵּיתְךָ֕ נִשְׂרֹ֥ף עָלֶ֖יךָ בָּאֵֽשׁ
- 2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִפְתָּח֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אִ֣ישׁ רִ֗יב הָיִ֛יתִי אֲנִ֛י וְעַמִּ֥י וּבְנֵֽי עַמּ֖וֹן מְאֹ֑ד וָאֶזְעַ֣ק אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא הוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם אוֹתִ֖י מִיָּדָֽם
- 3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי אֵינְךָ֣ מוֹשִׁ֗יע וָאָשִׂ֨ימָה נַפְשִׁ֤י בְכַפִּי֙ וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י וְלָמָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛י הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לְהִלָּ֥חֶם
- 4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ יִפְתָּח֙ אֶת כָּל אַנְשֵׁ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם אֶת אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיַּכּוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶת אֶפְרַ֗יִם כִּ֤י אָמְרוּ֙ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם גִּלְעָ֕ד בְּת֥וֹךְ אֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ מְנַשֶּֽׁה
- 5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד גִּלְעָ֛ד אֶֽת מַעְבְּר֥וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְֽ֠הָיָה כִּ֣י יֹאמְר֞וּ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אֶעֱבֹ֔רָה וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי גִלְעָ֛ד הַֽאֶפְרָתִ֥י אַ֖תָּה וַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר לֹֽא
- 6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ אֱמָר נָ֨א שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר סִבֹּ֗לֶת וְלֹ֤א יָכִין֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר כֵּ֔ן וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ אוֹת֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ אֶל מַעְבְּר֣וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיִּפֹּ֞ל בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם אָֽלֶף
- 7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט יִפְתָּ֛ח אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַיָּ֗מָת יִפְתָּח֙ הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד
- 8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט אַֽחֲרָיו֙ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִבְצָ֖ן לָֽחֶם
- 9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.וַיְהִי שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים בָּנוֹת֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח הַח֔וּצָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנ֔וֹת הֵבִ֥יא לְבָנָ֖יו מִן הַח֑וּץ וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים
- 10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.וַיָּ֣מָת אִבְצָ֔ן וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר לָֽחֶם
- 11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט אַֽחֲרָיו֙ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵיל֖וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים
- 12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.וַיָּ֖מָת אֵל֣וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ זְבוּלֻֽן
- 13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אַחֲרָ֖יו אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי
- 14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.וַיְהִי אַרְבָּעִ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים רֹכְבִ֖ים עַל שִׁבְעִ֣ים עֲיָרִ֑ם וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שָׁנִֽים
- 15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי
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215 tagged Hebrew tokens94 distinct lexical entries15 of 15 verses source-tagged
בֵּןH1121
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶפְרַיִםH669
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
יִשְׂרָאֵלH3478
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
שָׁפַטH8199
to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
גִּלְעָדH1568
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
יִפְתָּחH3316
Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
אִישׁH376
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מוּתH4191
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
עָבַרH5674
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Judges 12:1 | 10,130 | study verse |
| Judges 12:2 | 7,169 | study verse |
| Judges 12:3 | 6,998 | study verse |
| Judges 12:4 | 11,700 | study verse |
| Judges 12:5 | 6,878 | study verse |
| Judges 12:6 | 10,468 | study verse |
| Judges 12:7 | 5,188 | study verse |
| Judges 12:8 | 3,003 | study verse |
| Judges 12:9 | 10,247 | study verse |
| Judges 12:10 | 2,205 | study verse |
| Judges 12:11 | 5,306 | study verse |
| Judges 12:12 | 4,218 | study verse |
| Judges 12:13 | 3,942 | study verse |
| Judges 12:14 | 9,042 | study verse |
| Judges 12:15 | 7,058 | study verse |
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