What is the meaning of Jephthah?

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Jephthah is a masculine given name

Biblical: Means "Yahweh sets free" in Hebrew
Hebrew: To open, release. In the Old Testament, Jephthah was a leader of the Israelites and was obliged to sacrifice his only daughter in return for God's help to defeat the Ammonites

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