11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. 1
1 tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”
2 tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.