JUDGES 11:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.”

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Judges 11:31 Translation & Meaning

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Then it shall be, וְהָיָ֣ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) Then
that whatsoever הַיּוֹצֵ֗א To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim whatsoever
cometh forth יֵצֵ֜א To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim cometh forth
of the doors מִדַּלְתֵ֤י Something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door doors
of my house בֵיתִי֙ A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
to meet לִקְרָאתִ֔י An encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) meet
me, when I return בְּשׁוּבִ֥י To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again return
in peace בְשָׁל֖וֹם Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace peace
from the children מִבְּנֵ֣י 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.) children
of Ammon, עַמּ֑וֹן Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country Ammon
shall surely be וְהָיָה֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) surely
the Lord's, לַֽיהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lords
and I will offer it up וְהַֽעֲלִיתִ֖יהוּ To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative offer up
for a burnt offering. עוֹלָֽה׃ A step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) burnt offering

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  • 29  Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

  • 30  And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

  • 31  Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  • 32  So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.

  • 33  And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.




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