Bamidbar 32:41

41 And Ya’ir Ben Menasheh went and captured the settlements thereof, and called them Chavot Ya’ir.

Bamidbar 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.

Bamidbar 32:41 In-Context

39 And the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh went to Gil‘ad, and captured it, and dispossessed the Emori (Amorite) which was in it.

40 And Moshe gave Gil‘ad unto Machir Ben Menasheh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Ya’ir Ben Menasheh went and captured the settlements thereof, and called them Chavot Ya’ir.

42 And Novach went and captured Kenat, and the villages thereof, and called it Novach, after shmo.