King James Version

Judges 11:6

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לְיִפְתָּ֔חleyiftachto Jephthahיִפְתָּחpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jephthah”H3316Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in PalestineJephthah, Jiphtah.לְכָ֕הlekhahcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וְהָיִ֥יתָהvehayitahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָּ֖נוּlanvtoלָּ֖נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to”toלְקָצִ֑יןleqatsinto captainקָצִיןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to captain”, the ordinary formH7101a magistrate (as deciding) or other leadercaptain, guide, prince, ruler. Compare H6278 (עֵת קָצִין).וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖הvenilachamahand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and devour”, a determination or requestH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בִּבְנֵ֥יbivnein sonבֵּןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […עַמּֽוֹןamonAmmonעַמּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Ammon”H5983Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their countryAmmon, Ammonites.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they said unto Jephthah: 'Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'

World English Bible

They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”

Darby Translation

And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.

Douay-Rheims

And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they said unto Jephthah: 'Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ εἶπαν τῷ Ἰεφθάε, δεῦρο καὶ ἔσῃ ἡμῖν εἰς ἀρχηγὸν, καὶ παραταξόμεθα πρὸς υἱοὺς Ἀμμών.