Biblica Analytica

חַוּוֹת יָעִיר

chau.vot ya.ir (H2334)

Havvoth-jair

8 verses 4 books OT 4 / NT 0
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# Havvoth-jair: A Geographic Place Name Havvoth-jair (Hebrew: חַוּוֹת יָעִיר) is a geographical designation that appears eight times in the biblical text. The term appears to be a compound name, with "havvoth" suggesting a settlement or village cluster and "jair" functioning as a proper identifier. As a place name rather than a common noun, it refers to a specific location within the ancient Levantine landscape rather than a general category of things. The relatively modest frequency of occurrence—eight instances across the entire biblical corpus—indicates that Havvoth-jair was a particular but not central location in biblical geography. Its limited appearance suggests it held regional rather than pan-Israelite significance. Without additional lexical data on the specific biblical passages where it appears, we cannot determine whether the location maintained consistent importance throughout different historical periods represented in the biblical texts, or whether its mentions cluster in particular narrative sections or historical accounts. The place name's preservation in the biblical record indicates that it served as a meaningful geographical reference point for the communities that transmitted these texts. Like other geographic names in scripture, Havvoth-jair functioned as a locational anchor in narratives and administrative records, though its exact significance and the reasons for its particular appearances in the text remain matters for contextual analysis beyond the lexical data itself.

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Numbers 32:41

Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair 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.)

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:23

Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.