A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41; son of: Segub (H7687H) Also named: ya.i.ri (יָאִרִי "Jairite" H2972) § Jair = "he enlightens" 1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest 2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons 3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai 4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
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H2971 — יָאִיר
ya.ir · Jair · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Numbers 32:41 · וְיָאִ֤ירAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.Deuteronomy 3:14 · יָאִ֣ירJair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.Joshua 13:30 · יָאִ֛ירAnd their coast 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:Judges 10:3 · יָאִ֖ירAnd after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.Judges 10:5 · יָאִ֔ירAnd Jair died, and was buried in Camon.1 Kings 4:13 · יָאִ֨ירThe son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:1 Chronicles 2:22 · יָאִ֑ירAnd Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.Esther 2:5 · יָאִ֧יר[Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;