Study it in the app“Jair son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them by his name, Bashan Havvoth-jair, to this day.)”
Jairיָאִירsonבֶּןof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהtookלָקַחallאֶת כָּלthe regionחֶבֶלof Argobאַרְגֹּבas far asעַדthe borderגְּבוּלof the Geshuritesהַגְּשׁוּרִיand the Maacathites,וְהַמַּעֲכָתִיand calledוַיִּקְרָאthemאֹתָםby his name,עַל שְׁמוֹBashanאֶת הַבָּשָׁןHavvoth-jair,חַוֺּת יָאִירtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.)הַיּוֹם
Jair
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” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “ben” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakach” appearsallotment
A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.
Where else “chevel” appearsArgob
Argob: a region of Bashan, east of the Jordan, with sixty cities. The name means "stony."
Where else “argov” appearsborder
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appearsGeshurite
Geshurite: an inhabitant of Geshur, a small kingdom northeast of the Lake of Kinnereth; also a people near the Philistines.
Where else “geshuri” appearsMaacathite
Maacathite: an inhabitant of Maacah, a small kingdom north of Bashan.
Where else “maachati” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appearsHavvoth-jair
Havvoth-jair, a group of villages east of the Jordan. The name means "villages of Jair."
Where else “chavot” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsBashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
13The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob. (As for all that Bashan, it is called a land of Rephaim.
14 · This verse (above)
15To Machir I gave Gilead.
