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 · וְיָאִ֤ירJair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.Deuteronomy 3:14 · יָאִ֣ירJair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)Joshua 13:30 · יָאִ֛ירTheir border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.Judges 10:3 · יָאִ֖ירAfter him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.Judges 10:5 · יָאִ֔ירJair died, and was buried in Kamon.1 Kings 4:13 · יָאִ֨ירBen Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);1 Chronicles 2:22 · יָאִ֑ירSegub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.Esther 2:5 · יָאִ֧ירThere was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,