The Meaning of Judges 11:37 Explained

Judges 11:37

KJV: And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

YLT: And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

Darby: And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

ASV: And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And she said  unto her father,  Let this thing  be done  for me: let me alone  two  months,  that I may go up  and down  upon the mountains,  and bewail  my virginity,  I and my fellows. 

What does Judges 11:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 11:29-40 - A Shadowed Victory
All the nations around were accustomed to offer those dearest to them in sacrifice to their cruel national deities. This was pre-eminently the case with the neighboring country of Moab, which the prophet Micah rebuked, Micah 6:6-8. But in all that wild border-country, there was then no prophetic voice to arrest Jephthah, who probably felt that Chemosh should not claim from the king of Ammon more than he would surrender to Jehovah. Out of this arose, not the rash but the deliberate though mistaken vow of Judges 11:31. Before you judge him, ask whether you would be willing for your dearest to become a missionary in a heathen land. Have you ever yielded your all to the Man of Calvary? Do you love Him better than the best? You would not carry out your vow as probably Jephthah did, but are you as absolute in your dedication?
The reply of Jephthah's daughter is one of the noblest on record. Compare it with Luke 1:38. Her heart was full of filial love and patriotic passion, as she stood there, timbrel in hand; but the love of God overmastered all else and made her willing to yield all. See 2 Corinthians 5:14. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 11

1  The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead
12  The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain
29  Jephthah's vow
32  His conquest of the Ammonites
34  He performs his vow on his daughter

What do the individual words in Judges 11:37 mean?

And she said to her father let be done for me thing this let alone me two for months that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity I - and my friends
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־ אָבִ֔יהָ יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לִּ֖י הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה הַרְפֵּ֨ה מִמֶּ֜נִּי שְׁנַ֣יִם חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וְאֵֽלְכָה֙ וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י עַל־ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ בְּתוּלַ֔י אָנֹכִ֖י [ורעיתי] (וְרֵעוֹתָֽי)

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙  And  she  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָבִ֔יהָ  her  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
יֵעָ֥שֶׂה  let  be  done 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִּ֖י  for  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
הַדָּבָ֣ר  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַזֶּ֑ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הַרְפֵּ֨ה  let  alone 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: רָפָה  
Sense: to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened.
מִמֶּ֜נִּי  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
שְׁנַ֣יִם  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
חֳדָשִׁ֗ים  for  months 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
וְאֵֽלְכָה֙  that  I  may  go 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י  and  wander 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
הֶֽהָרִ֔ים  the  mountains 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
וְאֶבְכֶּה֙  and  bewail 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular
Root: בָּכָה  
Sense: to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears.
בְּתוּלַ֔י  my  virginity 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: בְּתוּלִים  
Sense: virginity.
[ורעיתי]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
(וְרֵעוֹתָֽי)  and  my  friends 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: רַעְיָה  
Sense: attendant maidens, companion.

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