Numbers 32:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָאִ֤יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הָלַ֔ךְ וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־חַוֺּתֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶתְהֶ֖ן חַוֺּ֥ת יָאִֽיר׃

Transliteration

wə-yāʾîr ben-mənaššeh hālak wayyilkōd ʾet-ḥawwōtêhem wayyiqrāʾ ʾethen ḥawwōt yāʾîr

Grammar Details

*wə-yāʾîr*: conjunction + proper noun - and Jair
*ben-mənaššeh*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Manasseh
*hālak*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he went
*wayyilkōd*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he captured
*ʾet-ḥawwōtêhem*: direct object marker + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their villages
*wayyiqrāʾ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he called
*ʾethen*: direct object marker + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - them
*ḥawwōt yāʾîr*: noun, feminine plural construct + proper noun - villages of Jair

Word Meanings

*ḥawwōt*: villages/settlements/tent villages
*ḥawwōt yāʾîr*: Havvoth-jair (place name, 'villages of Jair')

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Referenced Verses

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 10:4 : 4 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.
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:
1 Chr 2:21-23 : 21 And 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. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 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.
1 Kgs 4:13 : 13 Ben-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);

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Deut 3:14-15
2 verses
83%
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.
Judg 10:3-5
3 verses
80%
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.
5And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
Num 32:42
80%
42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Num 32:38-40
3 verses
78%
38and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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.
1 Chr 2:22-23
2 verses
74%
22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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.
Num 32:35
71%
35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
Num 21:32
71%
32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
1 Kgs 4:13
70%
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);
Josh 13:29-32
4 verses
70%
29And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the {H2677} half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
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.
32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
Judg 11:15
69%
15and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
Josh 16:4
68%
4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Num 21:25
68%
25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
Judg 11:32
68%
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
Josh 15:56
68%
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Num 32:3
68%
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
1 Chr 6:80-81
2 verses
68%
80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
81and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Josh 17:11
67%
11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
1 Chr 7:29
67%
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Josh 21:12
67%
12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Josh 15:43
67%
43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
Josh 13:18
67%
18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Josh 17:6
67%
6because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
1 Chr 6:56
67%
56but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Josh 19:37
66%
37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Josh 21:39
66%
39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
Josh 13:25
66%
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 11:1
66%
1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Josh 19:45
66%
45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
Judg 1:35
66%
35but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.
Josh 12:6
66%
6Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe {H7626} of Manasseh.
Num 32:33
66%
33And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half - tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
Josh 13:11
66%
11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
Josh 19:42
66%
42and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
Num 33:33
66%
33And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
Deut 4:43
66%
43[ namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.