יִפְתָּח
Yiphtâch · yif-tawkh'
Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6605 (פָּתַח); he will open;
Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
- Jiphtach, an Israelite
- also, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jephthah, Jiphtah.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect
The hand that works that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִפְתָּח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jephthah9 · 30%
- jephthah5 · 17%
- unto jephthah4 · 13%
- then jephthah3 · 10%
- of jephthah3 · 10%
- and jiphtah1 · 3%
- now jephthah1 · 3%
- to jephthah1 · 3%
- over them: and jephthah1 · 3%
- came upon jephthah1 · 3%
- so jephthah1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.