...or crooked trumpet. « JUDGES, xi. 34. And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances : and she wax his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. Jephthah had led a victorious army...

...dances to welcome the conqueror of the Ammonites, and thereby made herself the victim of his rash vow. "And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent...Alas, my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low ; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back." Being made acquainted with her fate,...

...Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and dances ; and she was his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter." Judges xi, 34. This case is precisely like the former in its main features. It was a time of rejoicing...

...rode up the valley to Count Ugo's '""ise in the hour before sunset. " And behold, his daughter tie out to meet him with timbrels and with dances, and she was only child." He had made no vow and was incapable, poor man, keeping any so heroic ; and she came out...

...subdued before the children of Israel. 34 * And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his N. b$O ]W7ݰ : D> 0 FM{ j @ 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou...

...The JPS (Slotki 1980, 257) translates: "And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with...child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter." Soggin (1981) adds an element that deserves attention: "she was his only child, much loved." The modifier...

...to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35. And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very...

...subdued before the children of Israel. 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with...child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou...

...of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering . . . behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast...

...father Qudg 11.34a), we expect to hear the words she sings; instead, we get the narrator's announcement, She was his only child beside her he had neither son nor daughter (Judg 11.34b). The words used by the narrator to replace/drown the song of the daughter underline the...