Judg 11:1 | TSK | e4.org | Jephthah , called Jephthae a mighty ; an harlot Heb. a woman an harlot Probably zonah should be rendered as in , a hostess, or inn-keeper, so Targum of Jonathan, wehoo bar ittetha pundekeetha , "and he was the son of a woman, a tavern-keeper." She was very probably a Canaanite, as she is called, , a strange woman, ishah achereth , "a woman of another race;" and on this account his brethren drove him from the family, as not having a full right to the inheritance.

‏ Judges 11:1

Jephthah Heb 11:32, called Jephthae

an harlot Heb. a woman

an harlot Probably zonah should be rendered as in Josh 2:1, a hostess, or inn-keeper, so Targum of Jonathan, wehoo bar ittetha pundekeetha, "and he was the son of a woman, a tavern-keeper." She was very probably a Canaanite, as she is called, Judg 11:2, a strange woman, ishah achereth, "a woman of another race;" and on this account his brethren drove him from the family, as not having a full right to the inheritance.