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Numbers 32:41
“And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָאִירYâʼîyr · yaw-ere'
H2971 · Hebrew
H2971 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jair, the name of four Israelites
- Derivation
- from H215 (אוֹר); enlightener;
- KJV renderings
- Jair.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יָאִ֤יר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 3:14Joshua 13:30Judges 10:3Judges 10:51 Kings 4:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָאִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.