Judges 11:2
11:2 Gilead’s wife also gave 1 him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, 2 because you are another woman’s son.”
Judges 16:17
16:17 Finally he told her his secret. 3 He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, 4 for I have been dedicated to God 5 from the time I was conceived. 6 If my head 7 were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”
Judges 19:9
19:9 When the man got ready to leave 8 with his concubine and his servant, 9 his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! 10 Stay another night! Since the day is over, 11 stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” 12
1 tn Heb “bore.”
2 tn Heb “in the house of our father.”
3 tn Heb “all his heart.”
4 tn Heb “a razor has not come upon my head.”
5 tn Or “set apart to God.” Traditionally the Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) has been translated “Nazirite.” The word is derived from the verb נָזַר (nazar, “to dedicate; to consecrate; to set apart”).
6 tn Heb “from the womb of my mother.”
7 tn Heb “I.” The referent has been made more specific in the translation (“my head”).
8 tn Heb “the man arose to go.”
9 tn Or “young man.”
10 tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”
11 tn Or “declining.”
12 tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”