1 Chronicles 2:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׂג֖וּב הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יָאִ֑יר וַֽיְהִי־ל֗וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְשָׁלוֹשׁ֙ עָרִ֔ים בְּאֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

Transliteration

ûśəgûb hôlîd ʾet-yāʾîr wayəhî-lô ʿeśrîm wəšālôš ʿārîm bəʾeretz haggilʿād.

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction prefix - and
*śəgûb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Segub
*hôlîd*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - begot/fathered
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*yāʾîr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jair
*wa-*: consecutive prefix - and
*yəhî*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - there was
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*ʿeśrîm*: numeral - twenty
*wə-*: conjunction prefix - and
*šālôš*: numeral, feminine - three
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*bə-*: preposition - in
*ʾeretz*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ha-*: definite article - the
*gilʿād*: proper noun, masculine singular - Gilead

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:41 : 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
Deut 3:14 : 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)
Josh 13:30 : 30 And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 2:23
85%
23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chr 2:21
80%
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Judg 10:3-4
2 verses
78%
3And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.
4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
1 Kgs 4:13
74%
13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);
Num 32:39-41
3 verses
73%
39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
Num 26:29-30
2 verses
70%
29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30These are the sons of Gilead: [of] Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Deut 3:14-15
2 verses
69%
14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)
15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
1 Chr 7:14
68%
14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:
Josh 13:30-31
2 verses
67%
30And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
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Josh 21:22
67%
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Josh 13:25
67%
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Josh 21:16-17
2 verses
66%
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1 Chr 2:46-47
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66%
46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
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1 Chr 2:18
66%
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Judg 11:1-2
2 verses
66%
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Judg 12:9
66%
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1 Chr 4:22
66%
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Josh 18:28
66%
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1 Chr 7:31-32
2 verses
65%
31And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
Josh 13:28
65%
28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Ezra 2:25-26
2 verses
65%
25The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Gen 10:16
65%
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Josh 17:6
65%
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Josh 21:25
65%
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Josh 21:7
65%
7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Josh 21:29
65%
29Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
Judg 12:7
65%
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Gen 22:22
65%
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Josh 15:36
65%
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Neh 11:25
65%
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1 Chr 5:16
64%
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Josh 21:33
64%
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Judg 8:30
64%
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Deut 3:12
64%
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64%
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