Judges 11:6
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And they said to him: Come thou, and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

Context
Jephthah Delivers Israel
5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them: 6And they said to him: Come thou, and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.7And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and now you are come to me, constrained by necessity?…
Cross References
Judges 11:5
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

Judges 11:7
And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and now you are come to me, constrained by necessity?

Lexicon
“Come,”
לְכָ֕ה (lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

they said,
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“be
וְהָיִ֥יתָה (wə·hā·yî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

our commander,
לְקָצִ֑ין (lə·qā·ṣîn)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7101: A magistrate, other leader

so that we can fight
וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (wə·nil·lā·ḥă·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

against the Ammonites.”
בִּבְנֵ֥י (biḇ·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.

And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.

and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."

and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'
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