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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 and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4 - And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

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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 eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - But a stupid man will get understanding
when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

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

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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 is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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