Judges 10:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and hath thirtie sonnes, rydinge vpon thirtie asses foales: and had thirtie cities, whose names are Hauoth Iair (that is, the cities of Iair) vnto this daye, and lye in Gilead.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie assecolts, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair vnto this day, and are in the land of Gilead.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie Asse coltes, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth Iair vnto this day, and are in the lande of Gilead.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he hath thirty sons riding on thirty ass-colts, and they have thirty cities, (they call them Havoth-Jair unto this day), which `are' in the land of Gilead;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair– they are in the land of Gilead.

Referenced Verses

• Num 32:41 : 41 Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their settlements, and he called them Havvoth-jair.
• Deut 3:14 : 14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites. He named the villages of Bashan after himself, calling them Havvoth Jair, and they remain so to this day.
• Judg 5:10 : 10 You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on rich carpets, and you who walk along the road, think about this:
• Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.