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Rashi on Numbers 32:41/רש"י על במדבר ל״ב:מ״א
אחותיהם. כַּפְרָנֵיהוֹן:
1חותיהם This is rendered in the Targum by THEIR VILLAGES.
בויקרא אתהן חות יאיר. לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ לוֹ בָנִים קְרָאַתָם בִּשְׁמוֹ לְזִכָּרוֹן:
2ויקרא אתהן חות יאיר AND HE CALLED THEM “THE VILLAGES OF JAIR” — Because he had no children, he named them after himself, as a memorial.