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ḥawwōt yāʿīr חַוּוֹת יָעִיר ‘Havvoth-jair’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the plural of ḥawwā חַוָּה ‘village’ and a modification of yāʿīr יָעִיר ‘Jair’
Roots: חוה יעור

ḥawwōt yāʿīr pr n loc
Havoth-jair = "villages of Jair"
1) certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called after his name; 60 or 23 or 30 cities in total

Mentioned in Numbers 32:41 Deuteronomy 3:14 Judges 10:4

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