King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

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וּשְׂג֖וּבuseguvand Segubשְׂגוּבconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Segub”H7687Segub, the name of two IsraelitesSegub.הוֹלִ֣ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יָאִ֑ירyairJairיָאִירnoun, proper name — “Jair”H2971Jair, the name of four IsraelitesJair.וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.ל֗וֹlvotoל֗וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toעֶשְׂרִ֤יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).וְשָׁלוֹשׁ֙veshaloshand thirdשָׁלוֹשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).עָרִ֔יםarimcityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַגִּלְעָֽדhagiladthe Gileadגִּלְעָדdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Gilead”H1568Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three IsraelitesGilead, Gileadite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,

World English Bible

Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

Darby Translation

And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;

Douay-Rheims

And Segub beget Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Σεροὺχ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰαΐρ. καὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ εἴκοσι καὶ τρεῖς πόλεις ἐν τῇ Γαλαάδ.