1 Chronicles 2:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to 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 small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. 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 country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
Josh 13:13 : 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Josh 13:30 : 30 And their coast 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)

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21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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Num 32:39-41
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39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
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75%
13The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Deut 3:14-15
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14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
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Josh 13:30-31
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30And their coast 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, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
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74%
3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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74%
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Deut 3:12
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