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Lexicon :: Strong's H5895 - ʿayir

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עַיִר
Transliteration
ʿayir
Pronunciation
ah'-yeer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עוּר (H5782) in the sense of raising (ie bearing a burden)
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TWOT Reference: 1616a

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִר ʻayir, ah'-yeer; from H5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt:—(ass) colt, foal, young ass.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5895 in the following manner: colt (4x), foal (2x), young ass (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5895 in the following manner: colt (4x), foal (2x), young ass (2x).

  1. he-ass, male ass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִר ʻayir, ah'-yeer; from H5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt:—(ass) colt, foal, young ass.
STRONGS H5895: Abbreviations
† עַ֫יִר noun masculineGen 32:16 male ass (young and vigorous); — plural וַעְיָרִם Genesis 32:16 (E); suffix עִירֹה Genesis 49:11 (poem; || בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ); construct פֶּרֶא עַיִר (Ges§ 131c N. 2; or appositive KöSynt. § 333 s Di and others) Job 11:12 wild ass's colt; plural עֲיָרִים, for riding Judges 10:4a (Judges 10:4b see עִיר), עֲיָרִם), Judges 12:14, singular absolute עַיִר Zechariah 9:9; עֲיָרִים for carrying Isaiah 30:6 Qr (Kt עורים), עֲיָרִם for tillage Isaiah 30:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:16; 32:16; 49:11

Judges

10:4; 10:4; 12:14

Job

11:12

Isaiah

30:6; 30:24

Zechariah

9:9

H5895

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5895 matches the Hebrew עַיִר (ʿayir),
which occurs 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty milking camels with their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten [donkey] colts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 -

“Tying [fn]his foal to the [strong] vine

And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,

He washes his clothing in wine [because the grapevine produces abundantly],

And his robes in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4 - He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair (towns of Jair) to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 -

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise

[Only] when the [fn]colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

A [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning the beasts of the Negev (the South):

Through a land of trouble and anguish,

From [fn]where come lioness and lion, viper and [fiery] flying serpent,

They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys

And their treasures on the humps of camels,

To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Also the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 -

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you;

He is righteous and endowed with salvation,

[fn]Humble and unassuming [in submission to the will of the Father] and riding on a [fn]donkey,

Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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