Original: יִפְתָּח

Transliteration: Yiphtâch

Phonetic: yif-tawkh'

Short 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

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H3317, H4668, H4669, H5318, H6605, H6607, H6608, H6609, H6610, H6611