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Judges 10:3-5

Apostasy, Confession, and the LORD's Grief Over Israel's Misery

After two brief judges preserve Israel for a season, Israel plunges into multiplied idolatry, experiences covenant judgment through Philistine and Ammonite oppression, confesses sin under rebuke, removes foreign gods, and faces an unresolved leadership crisis in Gilead.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

3Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

5When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

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References and Original Words

Verse 3

Cross-references

Numbers 32:29Classic cross-references

Original words

[Tola]אַחֲרָ֔יוH310Preposition | third person masculine singularwas followed byוַיָּ֣קָםH6965Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularJairיָאִ֖ירH2971Noun - proper - masculine singularthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִ֑יH1569Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularwho judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙H8199Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singulartwenty-twoעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242Number - common plural. . .וּשְׁתַּ֖יִםH8147Conjunctive waw | Number - fdyearsשָׁנָֽה׃H8141Noun - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

2 Samuel 16:2Classic cross-references Judges 5:10Classic cross-references Numbers 32:41Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 8:1Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 9:3Classic cross-references

Original words

He hadוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970Number - common pluralsonsבָּנִ֗יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralwho rodeרֹֽכְבִים֙H7392Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralonעַל־H5921Prepositionthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970Number - common pluraldonkeysעֲיָרִ֔יםH5895Noun - masculine pluralAnd they hadלָהֶ֑םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluraltownsעֲיָרִ֖יםH5892Noun - masculine plural-לָהֶ֞םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural-אֲשֶׁ֖רH834Pronoun - relativein the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץH776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃H1568Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularwhich toעַ֚דH5704Prepositionthisהַזֶּ֔הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singulardayהַיּ֣וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularare calledיִקְרְא֣וּ׀H7121Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralvvvחַוֺּ֣תH2334Noun - feminine plural constructHavvoth-jairיָאִ֗ירH2334Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

Or the villages of Jair

Verse 5

Original words

When Jairיָאִ֔ירH2971Noun - proper - masculine singulardiedוַיָּ֣מָתH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhe was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵ֖רH6912Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularin Kamonבְּקָמֽוֹן׃פH7056Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular

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