Judges 11:38
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And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.

Context
Jephthah's Tragic Vow
37And she said to her father: Grant me only this, which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions. 38And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.39And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:…
Cross References
Judges 11:37
And she said to her father: Grant me only this, which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions.

Judges 11:39
And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:

Lexicon
“Go,”
לֵ֔כִי (lê·ḵî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

he said.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

And he sent her away
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

for two
שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

months.
חֳדָשִׁ֑ים (ḥo·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

So she
הִיא֙ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

left
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (wat·tê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

with her friends
וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ (wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7464: Companion, attendant

and mourned
וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ (wat·tê·ḇək)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

her virginity
בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ (bə·ṯū·le·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mountains.
הֶהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country


Additional Translations
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;
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