חַוֺּ֥ת

𐤇𐤅𐤕

chaot

Havvoth

from the plural of חַוָּה and a modification of יָעוּר; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine; (Bashan-) Havoth-jair.

H2334

Numbers 32:41 · Word #10

Lexicon H2334

Lemmaחַוּוֹת יָעִיר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤇𐤅𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤏𐤉𐤓
TransliterationChavvôwth Yâʻîyr
Strong'sH2334
In-contextHavvoth

Morphology HNcfpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1

tent-villages of

Rootחוה (ḥ-w-h)
Core Meaningsencampment, tent-settlement, village life, habitation
Semantic Rangevillages, hamlets, tent-settlements, encampments, rural habitations
Conceptual SignificanceThe "tent-villages of Jair" refers to a network of clan-based settlements in Bashan, highlighting Israel’s tribal expansion and the semi-nomadic to settled transition in the Transjordan. The term preserves the memory of early Israelite settlement patterns rooted in tent-community life.
Morphological NotesCommon feminine plural noun in the construct state (HNcfpc), from the singular חַוָּה. The construct form links it directly to the following proper noun (יָעִיר, Jair).
Rendering RationaleThe noun חַוֺּת is a feminine plural construct form of חַוָּה, meaning a tent-settlement or village. Rendering it as "tent-villages of" preserves the concrete sense of clustered encampments and reflects the feminine plural construct state, which grammatically requires a following genitive ("of Jair").

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root חוה (encampment, tent-settlement, village life, habitation)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
achave I will make known
H2331-01 achaveh I will fully make known
H2333-01 chaot living-settlements of
H2333-02 chaoteyhem their life-dwellings
H2332-01 chavah Life-Giver
H2340-01 hachivi the Village-dweller
H2324-01 lehachavayah to cause to make-known
H2331-02 mechaot from the women who declare
H2324-02 nechave we will make known
H263-01 vaachavayat and the revealing-of
H2340-02 vehachivi and the Village-dweller
H2331-03 yechaveh he vividly-declares

Word Usage (6 occurrences of H2334)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Numbers 32:41 חַוֺּ֥ת chaot Havvoth
Numbers 32:41 יָאִֽיר yair Jair
Deuteronomy 3:14 חַוֺּ֣ת chaot villages-of