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1. Descendant of Manasseh (Nm 32:41), who at the time of the Conquest took several villages in the Argob region of Bashan and Gilead and called them after his own name, Havvoth-jair, meaning “Towns of Jair” (Dt 3:14; cf. Jos 13:30; 1 Kgs 4:13; 1 Chr 2:23).

Show passage in OET: NUM 32:41

OET-RV NUM 32:41

41 Menasheh’s other son Yair went and captured the Amori villages and named them ‘Yair’s Towns’ (or ‘Havot-Ya’ir’).

OET-LV NUM 32:41

41 And_Yāʼīr/(Jair) the _son _of Mənashsheh he _went and_he _captured DOM villages _of_their and_he/it _called them the _villages _of Yāʼīr.

Show passage in OET: DEU 3:14

OET-RV DEU 3:14

14 Menasheh’s son Yair had captured the Argov region as far as the borders with the Geshurim and Ma’akatim, renaming Bashan to Havot-Ya’ir as it’s still called to this day.)

OET-LV DEU 3:14

14 Yāʼīr/(Jair) the _son _of Mənashsheh he _took DOM all _of the _region _of ʼArgoⱱ to the _border _of the _Geshurite[s] and_the_Maˊₐkātī[s] and_he/it _called DOM_them on his/its_name DOM (the)_Bāshān the _villages _of Yāʼīr until the_day (the)_this.

Show passage in OET: JOS 13:30

OET-RV JOS 13:30

30 It went from Mahanayim, all the Bashan, all the kingdom of Og (the king of the Bashan), and all the towns of Yair, which are in the Bashan—sixty cities.

OET-LV JOS 13:30

30 And_he/it _was territory _of_their from_Maḩₐnāyim all _of (the)_Bāshān all _of the _kingdom _of ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān and_all the _villages _of Yāʼīr/(Jair) which are_in_Bāshān sixty citi[es].

Show passage in OET: KI1 4:13

OET-RV KI1 4:13

13 Ben -Gever in Ramot-Gilead, including the villages of Menasheh’s (Manasseh) son Yair that were in Gilead, as well as the Argov area in the Bashan region, and including sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate bars.

OET-LV KI1 4:13

13 Ben-_of Geber in_Rāmot- gilˊād to_him/it the _villages _of Yāʼīr/(Jair) the _son _of Mənashsheh which are_in_Gilˊād to_him/it the _region _of ʼArgoⱱ which is_in_Bāshān sixty cities large a _wall and_bar[s]_of bronze.

Show passage in OET: CH1 2:23

OET-RV CH1 2:23

23 But Geshur and Aram captured Havot-Ya’ir and Kenat from them, plus their surrounding towns—sixty towns in all, populated by descendants of Makir (the father of Gilead).

OET-LV CH1 2:23

23 And_ Gəshūr and_ʼArām _he/it _took DOM the _villages _of Yāʼīr from_with_them DOM Qənāt and_DOM daughters _of_its sixty citi[es] all _of these were_the _sons _of Mākīr the _father _of Gilˊād.

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2. One of the judges of Israel. He judged Israel 22 years. His being a Gileadite makes it probable that he was a descendant of #1 above (Jgs 10:3-5).

Show passage in OET: JDG 10:3–5

OET-RV JDG 10:3

3 After him, Yair the Giladi led Yisrael (Israel) for twenty-two years.

OET-RV JDG 10:4

4 He had thirty sons that rode on thirty donkeys. There were thirty cities for them in the Gilead region which they call Yair’s villages to this day.

OET-RV JDG 10:5

5 Then Yair died and he was buried in Kamon.

OET-LV JDG 10:3

3 And_he/it _rose _up after_him Yāʼīr/(Jair) the_Gilˊādite and_he _judged DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) twenty and_two year[s].

OET-LV JDG 10:4

4 And_he/it _was to_him/it thirty sons who_rode on thirty male _donkeys and_thirty cities to/for_them to/for_them people _call the _villages _of Yāʼīr until the_day the_this which in_land of _(the)_Gilˊād.

OET-LV JDG 10:5

5 And_ Yāʼīr _he/it _died and_he _was _buried in_Qāmōn.

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3. Father of Elhanan, who killed Lahmi, Goliath’s brother (1 Chr 20:5). In 2 Samuel 21:19 he is called Jaare-oregim.

Show passage in OET: CH1 20:5

OET-RV CH1 20:5

5 Then there was another battle with the Pelishtim, and Yair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the brother of Galyat (Goliath) the Giti (that is, from Gat), even though his spear shaft was as thick as the beam of a weaver’s loom.

OET-LV CH1 20:5

5 And_it _became again a _battle with the_Pəlishtiy and_he _struck _down ʼElḩānān the _son _of Yāʼīr/(Jair) DOM Laḩmī the _brother _of Golyat the_Gittiy and_tree his _spear _of_his was_like_a _beam _of weavers.

Show passage in OET: SA2 21:19

OET-RV SA2 21:19

19 Then in another battle with the Pelishtim at Gov, Elhanan (son of Ya’are-Oregim, from Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem)) killed Galyat (Goliath) the Giti even though his spear handle was like a weaver’s beam.

OET-LV SA2 21:19

19 And_it _became again (the)_battle at_Goⱱ with the_Pəlishtiy and_he _struck _down ʼElḩānān the _son _of Jaare- Oregim the _Bēyt- lehemite DOM Golyat the_Gittiy and_tree his _spear _of_his was_like_a _beam _of weavers.

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4. Father of Mordecai (Est 2:5). Because of the time lapse from the capture of Jeconiah, king of Judah (597 BC), to the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, king of Persia (486 BC), Jair was either the one taken captive with Jeconiah or his father, Shimei, was, in which case Jair would have been born during the Captivity.

Show passage in OET: EST 2:5

OET-RV EST 2:5

5 At that time, there was a Jewish man named Mordekai living in the capital city of Shushan. (He was from the tribe of Benyamin: his father was Yair, his grandfather was Shimei, and his great-grandfather was Kish

OET-LV EST 2:5

5 A _man a _Jew he _was in_Shūshan the_citadel and_his/its_name was_Mordəkay the _son _of Yāʼīr/(Jair) the _son _of Shimˊī the _son _of Qīsh a _man a _Jaminite.

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