Judges 10:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְהִי־ל֞וֹ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים רֹֽכְבִים֙ עַל־שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים עֲיָרִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים עֲיָרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם לָהֶ֞ם יִקְרְא֣וּ ׀ חַוֺּ֣ת יָאִ֗יר עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד

Transliteration

wə-yəhî-to-him thirty bānîm rōḵəḇîm on-thirty ʿăyārîm and-thirty ʿăyārîm to-them to-them yiqrəʾû ḥawwōṯ yāʾîr until ha-yôm ha-zeh which in-ʾereṣ ha-gilʿāḏ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and there was/became
• *bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - sons
• *rōḵəḇîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - riding
• *ʿăyārîm*: noun, masculine plural - male donkeys/colts/towns
• *yiqrəʾû*: qal imperfect 3mp - they call/name
• *ḥawwōṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - tent-villages of
• *yāʾîr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jair
• *ha-yôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day
• *ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *ha-gilʿāḏ*: definite article + proper noun - the Gilead

Word Meanings

• *ʿăyārîm*: donkeys/towns (wordplay with dual meaning)
• *yiqrəʾû*: they call/they name/they are called
• *ḥawwōṯ*: settlements/tent-villages/towns

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.)
• Judg 5:10 : 10 Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
• Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.