Andוַtheir territoryגְבוּלָםwasיְהִיfrom Mahanaim:מִמַּחֲנַיִםallכָּלBashan,הַבָּשָׁןallכָּלthe kingdomמַמְלְכוּתof Ogעוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןand allוְכָלHavvoth-jair,חַוֺּת יָאִירwhichאֲשֶׁרarein Bashan,בַּבָּשָׁןsixtyשִׁשִּׁיםcities;עִיר
Joshua 13:30
Study it in the app“And their territory was from Mahanaim: all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:30, word by word
- their territoryגְבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- from Mahanaimמַּחֲנַיִםmachanayim
Mahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayim” appears- Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- the kingdomמַמְלְכוּתmamlchut
kingdom
Kingdom: the territory and the rule of a king.
Where else “mamlchut” appears- of Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Havvoth-jairחַוֺּתchavot
village, encampment
Village, encampment: a small group of dwellings.
Where else “chavot” appears- Havvoth-jairיָאִירyair
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” appears- sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- citiesעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
Translation note
“Havvoth-jair” means “the villages of Jair” (Numbers 32:41).
Places in this verse
Bashan
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).
The context
29And Moses gave to the half tribe of Manasseh; and it was for the half tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families.
30 · This verse (above)
31and half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir, according to their families.