King James Version
Numbers 32:41 in the King James Version says “And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.”
Numbers 32:41 · KJV
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and took”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thereof and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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