1 Chronicles 2:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֣ח גְּשֽׁוּר־וַ֠אֲרָם אֶת־חַוֺּ֨ת יָאִ֧יר מֵאִתָּ֛ם אֶת־קְנָ֥ת וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ שִׁשִּׁ֣ים עִ֑יר כָּל־אֵ֕לֶּה בְּנֵ֖י מָכִ֥יר אֲבִי־גִלְעָֽד׃

Transliteration

wayyiqqaḥ gəšûr-waʾărām ʾet-ḥawwōt yāʾîr from-them ʾet-qənāt wəʾet-bənōteyhā šiššîm ʿîr. All-ʾēlleh bənê mākîr ʾăbî-gilʿād.

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction prefix - and
*yyiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he/it took
*gəšûr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Geshur
*ʾărām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aram
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥawwōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - settlements of
*yāʾîr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jair
*mē-*: preposition - from
*ʾittām*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - (from) them
*qənāt*: proper noun, feminine singular - Kenath
*wə-*: conjunction prefix - and
*bənōteyhā*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its surrounding villages (lit. 'its daughters')
*šiššîm*: numeral - sixty
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
*kāl*: construct state, masculine singular - all of
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*mākîr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Machir
*ʾăbî*: noun, masculine singular construct - father of
*gilʿād*: proper noun, masculine singular - Gilead

Word Meanings

*wayyiqqaḥ* *gəšûr*-*waʾărām*: Geshur and Aram took/captured
*ḥawwōt* *yāʾîr*: Havvoth-jair (meaning 'the settlements of Jair')
*bənōteyhā*: its daughters/its surrounding villages/its dependent towns

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:41-42 : 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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 13:13 : 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel 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:
2 Sam 13:38 : 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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 2:21-22
2 verses
85%
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.
22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
Num 32:39-41
3 verses
76%
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.
1 Kgs 4:13
75%
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);
Deut 3:14-15
2 verses
75%
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.
Josh 13:30-31
2 verses
75%
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:
31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
Judg 10:3-4
2 verses
74%
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.
Num 26:29-30
2 verses
74%
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;
1 Chr 7:14-17
4 verses
73%
14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
Josh 13:11
70%
11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
Josh 13:25
69%
25And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
Josh 15:41
68%
41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
Gen 10:23
68%
23And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
2 Kgs 10:33
67%
33from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Deut 3:12
67%
12And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
Num 21:25
67%
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Josh 17:11
67%
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1 Chr 6:80
67%
80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Josh 21:25
67%
25And out of the {H4276} half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
Josh 13:28
67%
28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Josh 15:36
67%
36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
Neh 11:25
66%
25And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,
Josh 17:6
66%
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Josh 15:23
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23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Ezra 2:26
66%
26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Josh 17:1
66%
1And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Josh 15:53
66%
53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
1 Chr 4:22
66%
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1 Chr 5:16
65%
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
1 Sam 30:28
65%
28and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,
Josh 21:33
65%
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1 Chr 7:29
65%
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1 Chr 6:71
65%
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2 Kgs 13:25
65%
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Josh 13:19
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Josh 13:13
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1 Chr 6:62
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Deut 3:4
65%
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1 Chr 8:6
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