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 son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them ‘Towns of Jair;’Deuteronomy 3:14 · יָאִ֣יר‘Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day.Joshua 13:30 · יָאִ֛ירAnd their border is from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;Judges 10:3 · יָאִ֖ירAnd there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,Judges 10:5 · יָאִ֔ירand Jair dieth, and is buried in Kamon.1 Kings 4:13 · יָאִ֨ירBen-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wall and brazen bar.1 Chronicles 2:22 · יָאִ֑ירAnd Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,Esther 2:5 · יָאִ֧ירA man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name is Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite—