The Meaning of Judges 12:7 Explained

Judges 12:7

KJV: And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

YLT: And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Darby: Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in Gilead.

ASV: And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

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What is the context of Judges 12:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

What does Judges 12:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 12:1-15 - At The Fords Of Ephraim

In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he had showed to Ammon. He parleyed sensibly and courteously before he went into the conflict. A great many Christians are less Christian than this. They ignore Christ's strict injunction, Matthew 18:15. Ephraim had acted in the same manner to Gideon, Judges 8:1. In each case that tribe wanted to retain its primacy without the sacrifice which leadership involves; and it was angry when deliverance had arisen from another source. Leadership must be won, not inherited. Ephraim, therefore, was clearly in the wrong; and when her troops, which had crossed the Jordan into Gilead, were hurled back, the slaughter at the ford fell as a national judgment. The omission of a letter in their speech betrayed them. Alas, that Christians have martyred their fellows for even less!

Jephthah died soon after. Probably he died, not of age nor the brunt of war, but of a broken heart. The sweet voice of his child was always calling him. But the Spirit of God wrote on his memorial tablet-"By faith Jephthah." [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 12

¹ The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites
⁷ Jephthah dies
⁸ Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters
¹¹ and Elon
¹³ and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel

What do the individual words in Judges 12:7 mean?

And judged Jephthah - Israel six years And died Jephthah the Gileadite and was buried in among the cities of Gilead -

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט יִפְתָּ֛ח אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַיָּ֗מָת יִפְתָּח֙ הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד פ

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	And judged
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁפַט Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
יִפְתָּ֛ח	Jephthah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִפְתָּח Sense: 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.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שֵׁ֣שׁ	six
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
שָׁנִ֑ים	years
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
וַיָּ֗מָת	And died
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
יִפְתָּח֙	Jephthah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִפְתָּח Sense: 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.
הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י	the Gileadite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גִּלְעָדִי Sense: an inhabitant of Gilead.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר	and was buried
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָבַר Sense: to bury.
בְּעָרֵ֥י	in among the cities
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
גִלְעָֽד	of Gilead
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: גִּלְעָד Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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