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After himאַחֲרָיוaroseוַיָּקָםJairיָאִירthe Gileadite,הַגִּלְעָדִיand he judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלtwenty-twoעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִםyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 10:3
Study it in the app“After him arose Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 10:3, word by word
- aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- 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- the Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgiladi
Gileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” appears- and he judgedיִּשְׁפֹּטyishpot
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “yishpot” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- twenty-twoעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
2He judged Israel twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3 · This verse (above)
4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities; them they call Havvoth-jair to this day; they are in the land of Gilead.