And it was so that when the children
ben (bane)
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.
of Ammon
`Ammown (am-mone')
tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country -- Ammon, Ammonites.
made war
lacham (law-kham')
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction) -- devour, eat, ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
against Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
the elders
zaqen (zaw-kane')
old -- aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
of Gilead
Gil`ad (ghil-awd')
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites -- Gilead, Gileadite.
went
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
to fetch
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Jephthah
Yiphtach (yif-tawkh')
he will open; Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine -- Jephthah, Jiphtah.
out of the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Tob
Towb (tobe)
good; Tob, a region apparently East of the Jordan -- Tob.
