Judges 10:4

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.

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:41 : 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
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.
Judg 5:10 : 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

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