Study it in the app“But Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.”
But Geshurוַ גְּשׁוּרand AramוַאֲרָםtookיִּקַּחHavvoth-jairאֶת חַוֺּת יָאִירfrom them,מֵאִתָּםKenathאֶת קְנָתand its towns,וְאֶת בְּנֹתֶיהָsixtyשִׁשִּׁיםcities.עִירAllכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwerethe sonsבְּנֵיof Machir,מָכִירthe fatherאֲבִיof Gilead.גִלְעָד
Geshur
Geshur: a small kingdom northeast of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Where else “geshur” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appearsvillage, encampment
Village, encampment: a small group of dwellings.
Where else “chavot” appearsJair
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh who took some villages in Gilead; other men bear the same name. The name means "he gives light."
Where else “yair” appearsKenath
Kenath, a city east of the Jordan that Nobah took. The name means "possession."
Where else “kenat” appearsvillage
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “benote” appearssixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsMachir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears“Havvoth-jair” means “camps (or tent villages) of Jair” (Numbers 32:41; Judges 10:4). “Its towns”: the Hebrew says “its daughters,” which is its way of naming the small towns that depend on a city.
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
22And Segub fathered Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 · This verse (above)
24And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, the wife of Hezron, Abijah, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
