Deuteronomy 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָאִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה לָקַח֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֶ֣בֶל אַרְגֹּ֔ב עַד־גְּב֥וּל הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י וַיִּקְרָא֩ אֹתָ֨ם עַל־שְׁמ֤וֹ אֶת־הַבָּשָׁן֙ חַוֺּ֣ת יָאִ֔יר עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

Yāʾîr son-of-ben-Mənaššeh took lāqaḥ ʾet-all-kol-region-of ḥebel ʾArgōb unto-ʿad-border-of gəbûl the-haGəšûrî and-the-wəhaMaʿăkātî; and-he-called wayyiqrāʾ them ʾōtām after-ʿal-name-his šəmô ʾet-the-haBāšān Ḥawwōt Yāʾîr unto-ʿad the-day hayyôm the-this hazzeh.

Grammar Details

*Yāʾîr*: proper noun, personal name - Jair
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*Mənaššeh*: proper noun, personal name - Manasseh
*lāqaḥ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he took
*ʾet*: direct object marker - (accusative)
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*ḥebel*: noun, masculine singular construct - region/district of
*ʾArgōb*: proper noun, geographic location - Argob
*ʿad*: preposition - unto/until
*gəbûl*: noun, masculine singular construct - border/boundary of
*haGəšûrî*: definite article + gentilic, masculine singular - the Geshurite
*wəhaMaʿăkātî*: conjunction + definite article + gentilic, masculine singular - and the Maacathite
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he called
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*ʿal*: preposition - on/upon/after
*šəmô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
*haBāšān*: definite article + proper noun, geographic location - the Bashan
*Ḥawwōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - towns/settlements of
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day
*hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*lāqaḥ*: take/get/fetch/seize
*ḥebel*: region/district/territory/portion
*gəbûl*: border/boundary/territory
*wayyiqrāʾ*: call/name/proclaim/read
*Ḥawwōt*: towns/settlements/villages

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:41 : 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
Josh 13:13 : 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
2 Sam 3:3 : 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Sam 10:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
2 Sam 13:37 : 37 [But Absalom] [fled,] [and went] [to Talmai] [the son] [of Ammihur,] [king] [of Geshur.] [And David] mourned for his son every day.
1 Chr 2:21-23 : 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] 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 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 32:39-42
4 verses
83%
39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Deut 3:12-13
2 verses
78%
12And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
13and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half - tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
Josh 13:30-31
2 verses
77%
30And their border 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, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
1 Kgs 4:13
77%
13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);
Josh 13:11-13
3 verses
77%
11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out.
13Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
Judg 10:3-4
2 verses
75%
3And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he 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 Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Deut 3:15-17
3 verses
73%
15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [thereof], even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Josh 12:3-5
3 verses
73%
3and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
4and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
1 Chr 2:22-23
2 verses
72%
22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Deut 3:3-4
2 verses
72%
3So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
4And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
2 Kgs 10:33
72%
33from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
1 Chr 5:16
72%
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
Deut 3:10
71%
10all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
1 Chr 5:23
70%
23And the children of the half-tribe {H7626} of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.
Josh 17:11
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11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
Josh 17:1
69%
1And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Josh 13:27
69%
27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
Deut 4:47
69%
47And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
Josh 13:25
69%
25And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
1 Chr 5:11
68%
11And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:
Ps 135:11
68%
11Sihon king of the Amorites, And Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
Josh 17:5-6
2 verses
68%
5And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
6because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
Deut 3:8
68%
8And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Judg 11:22
68%
22And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
1 Chr 6:71
68%
71Unto the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of the half-tribe {H4294} of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
Deut 4:43
68%
43[ namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
1 Chr 7:29
68%
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
1 Chr 6:81
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81and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Deut 1:4
67%
4after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
Judg 11:15
67%
15and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
Josh 12:7
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7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Num 32:35
67%
35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,