Numbers 32:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

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 country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, 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 Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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:
1 Chr 2:21-23 : 21 And 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. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 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.
1 Kgs 4:13 : 13 The 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:

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 country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
Judg 10:3-5
3 verses
80%
3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and 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 Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
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 Baalmeon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and 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 Amorite which was in it.
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 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.
Num 32:35
71%
35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Num 21:32
71%
32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
1 Kgs 4:13
70%
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:
Josh 13:29-32
4 verses
70%
29And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
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.
32These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
Judg 11:15
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15And 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
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4So 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 villages thereof.
Judg 11:32
68%
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
Josh 15:56
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56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Num 32:3
68%
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
1 Chr 6:80-81
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68%
80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
Josh 17:11
67%
11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
1 Chr 7:29
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29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her 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
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43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
Josh 13:18
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18And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Josh 17:6
67%
6Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
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 Enhazor,
Josh 21:39
66%
39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Josh 13:25
66%
25And their coast 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
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1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Josh 19:45
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45And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
Judg 1:35
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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 tributaries.
Josh 12:6
66%
6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe 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 half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
Josh 13:11
66%
11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
Josh 19:42
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42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Num 33:33
66%
33And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
Deut 4:43
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43Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.