4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 12:4:1 ⧉וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvayikbotsand he gathered Judges 12:4:2 ⧉יִפְתָּח֙yiftakhJephthah Judges 12:4:3 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֣יetkolaneshe{direct object} all the men of Judges 12:4:4 ⧉גִלְעָ֔דgiladGilead Judges 12:4:5 ⧉וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvayillakhemand he fought Judges 12:4:6 ⧉אֶת־אֶפְרָ֑יִםetefrayim{direct object} Ephraim Judges 12:4:7 ⧉וַיַּכּוּ֩vayakkuand they struck Judges 12:4:8 ⧉אַנְשֵׁ֨יanshethe men of Judges 12:4:9 ⧉גִלְעָ֜דgiladGilead Judges 12:4:10 ⧉אֶת־אֶפְרַ֗יִםetefrayim{direct object} Ephraim Judges 12:4:11 ⧉כִּ֤יkibecause Judges 12:4:12 ⧉אָמְרוּ֙amruthey said Judges 12:4:13 ⧉פְּלִיטֵ֤יpelitefugitives of Judges 12:4:14 ⧉אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙efrayimEphraim Judges 12:4:15 ⧉אַתֶּ֔םatemyou {plural} Judges 12:4:16 ⧉גִּלְעָ֕דgiladGilead Judges 12:4:17 ⧉בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhin the midst of Judges 12:4:18 ⧉אֶפְרַ֖יִםefrayimEphraim Judges 12:4:19 ⧉בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhin the midst of Judges 12:4:20 ⧉מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃menasheManasseh |
4. Formal Translation And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim, and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim because they said, “You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim, within Ephraim and within Manasseh.” |
4. Dynamic Translation Then Jephthah assembled every Gileadite to fight against Ephraim. The Gileadites overcame the Ephraimites because the men of Ephraim had said, “You Gileadites are mere runaways from Ephraim living among Ephraim and Manasseh.” |