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יָאִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2971

Jair — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Jair tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָאִיר: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (he enlightens, or one giving light). son of Manasseh Nu 32:41(×2) Dt 3:14(×2) Jos 13:30 1 K 4:13 1 Ch 2:22, 23. a judge in Gilead Ju 10:3, 4, 5. father of Mordecai Est 2:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Jair (7); Jair (5).

In the verses

Judges 10:5 · tree →

וַיָּ֣מָת יָאִ֔יר וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקָמֽוֹן׃פ

Word for word: and he.died Jair and he.was.buried in Kamon

JPS 1917: And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.

Judges 10:3 · tree →

וַיָּ֣קָם אַחֲרָ֔יו יָאִ֖יר הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה׃

Word for word: and he.arose after him Jair the Gileadite and he.judged (et) Israel twenty and two year[s]

JPS 1917: And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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