from the plural of
H2333 and a modification of
H3265; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine:--(Bashan- )Havoth-jair.
Havoth-jair = "villages of Jair"
- 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