Numbers 32:41

41 Ya'ir the son of Menashsheh went and took the towns of it, and called them Havvot-Ya'ir.

Numbers 32:41 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh
By his mother's side, otherwise he was of the family of Judah; for Hezron, of the family of Judah, married a daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh, by whom he had a son called Segub, who was the father of Jair, ( 1 Chronicles 2:21 1 Chronicles 2:22 ) , the same

went and took the small towns thereof;
of that part of Gilead given to Machir:

and called them Havothjair;
after his own name: in ( Deuteronomy 3:14 ) , they are called Bashanhavothjair.

Numbers 32:41 In-Context

39 The children of Makhir the son of Menashsheh went to Gil`ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Amori who were therein.

40 Moshe gave Gil`ad to Makhir the son of Menashsheh; and he lived therein.

41 Ya'ir the son of Menashsheh went and took the towns of it, and called them Havvot-Ya'ir.

42 Novach went and took Kenat, and the villages of it, and called it Novach, after his own name.