2. Iphtah (place name) — The proper place name Yiphtach (יִפְתָּח), a city in the tribal allotment of Judah listed in Josh 15:43 alongside Ashnah and Nezib. This is grammatically marked as N-proper-fs (feminine singular), distinguishing it from the masculine personal name of the judge. The single occurrence (S103084) appears with waw-copulative in a geographic list. Translations reflect the place-name reading: Spanish Jiftá, Arabic وَ–يِفْتاحُ (wa-Yiftāḥ), Hindi और–यिप्ताह (aur Yiptāh), Korean 그리고–입다 (geurigo Ipda), Swahili na–Ifta. 1×
AR["وَ-يِفْتاحُ"]·ben["এবং-যিফ্তাহ"]·DE["und-Yiphtach"]·EN["and-Yiphtach"]·FR["et-Yiphtach"]·heb["ו-יפתח"]·HI["और-यिप्ताह"]·ID["dan-Yiftah"]·IT["e-Yiphtach"]·jav["lan-Yiftah"]·KO["그리고-입다"]·PT["e-Yiftah"]·RU["И-Йифтах"]·ES["y-Jiftá"]·SW["na-Ifta"]·TR["ve-Yiftah"]·urd["اور-یفتاح"]
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1. Jephthah (person) — The proper name Yiphtach (יִפְתָּח), meaning 'he opens,' referring primarily to Jephthah the Gileadite judge who defeated the Ammonites (Judg 11-12, 1 Sam 12:11). S103081 (28x) covers the vast majority of occurrences with various prepositions and the conjunction waw. S103085 (1x) is a bare masculine singular form of the same personal name. All multilingual evidence confirms a single referent: Spanish Yiftáj/Yiftaj, Arabic يِفتاحُ (Yiftāḥ), Hindi यिप्तह/यिप्ताह (Yiptah), Korean 입다 (Ipda), Swahili Yeftha. 29×
AR["يِفتاحَ","يِفتاحُ"]·ben["য়িফ্তাহ","য়িফ্তাহকে","য়িফ্তাহের"]·DE["Jeftah"]·EN["Jephthah"]·FR["Jephté"]·heb["יפתח"]·HI["यिप्तह","यिप्तह-की","यिप्तह-के","यिप्तहको","यिप्तहने"]·ID["Yefta"]·IT["Iefte"]·jav["Yéfta"]·KO["입다가","입다를","입다에게","입다의"]·PT["Yiftach"]·RU["Ифтах","Ифтаха","Ифтахе","Ифтаху"]·ES["Yiftáj"]·SW["Yeftha"]·TR["Yiftah","Yiftah-a","Yiftah-ı","Yiftah-ın"]·urd["یفتاح","یفتاح-نے","یفتاح-کو","یفتاح-کو۔","یفتاح-کی","یفتاح-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יִפְתָּח n.pr. 1. m. Jephthah, Ιεφθαε (he [God] openeth);—Ju 11:1(×2) + 26 times 11, 12, 1 S 12:11. 2. loc. in the שְׁפֵלָה Jos 15:43 (P), A 𝔊L Ιεφθα.