The Meaning of Judges 12:12 Explained

Judges 12:12

KJV: And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

YLT: and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.

Darby: Then Elon the Zeb'ulunite died, and was buried at Ai'jalon in the land of Zeb'ulun.

ASV: And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Elon  the Zebulonite  died,  and was buried  in Aijalon  in the country  of Zebulun. 

What does Judges 12:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 12:1-15 - At The Fords Of Ephraim
In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he had showed to Ammon. He parleyed sensibly and courteously before he went into the conflict. A great many Christians are less Christian than this. They ignore Christ's strict injunction, Matthew 18:15. Ephraim had acted in the same manner to Gideon, Judges 8:1. In each case that tribe wanted to retain its primacy without the sacrifice which leadership involves; and it was angry when deliverance had arisen from another source. Leadership must be won, not inherited. Ephraim, therefore, was clearly in the wrong; and when her troops, which had crossed the Jordan into Gilead, were hurled back, the slaughter at the ford fell as a national judgment. The omission of a letter in their speech betrayed them. Alas, that Christians have martyred their fellows for even less!
Jephthah died soon after. Probably he died, not of age nor the brunt of war, but of a broken heart. The sweet voice of his child was always calling him. But the Spirit of God wrote on his memorial tablet-"By faith Jephthah." [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 12

1  The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites
7  Jephthah dies
8  Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters
11  and Elon
13  and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel

What do the individual words in Judges 12:12 mean?

And died Elon the Zebulunite and was buried in Aijalon at the country of Zebulun -
וַיָּ֖מָת אֵל֣וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ זְבוּלֻֽן פ

וַיָּ֖מָת  And  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
אֵל֣וֹן  Elon 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵלֹון  
Sense: tree, great tree, terebinth.
הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י  the  Zebulunite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זְבוּלֹנִי  
Sense: a descendant of Zebulun and member of the tribe of Zebulun.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר  and  was  buried 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן  in  Aijalon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַיָּלֹון  
Sense: Levitical city in Dan, 4 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  at  the  country 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
זְבוּלֻֽן  of  Zebulun 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זְבוּלוּן  
Sense: the 0th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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