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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 colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male H5895 donkeys H5895.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 -

“[fn]He ties his foal H5895 to the vine,

And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;

He washes his garments in wine,

And his robes 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 H5895, and they had thirty cities [fn]in the land of Gilead that are called [fn]Havvoth-jair to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys H5895; and he judged Israel eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 -

“[fn]Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,

And the [fn]foal H5895 of a wild donkey is born a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

The [fn]oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.

Through a land of distress and anguish,

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

They carry their wealth on the [fn]backs of young H5895 donkeys H5895

And their treasures on camels’ humps,

To a people who cannot profit them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Also the oxen and the donkeys H5895 which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which [fn]has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 -

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

He is [fn]righteous and endowed with salvation,

[fn]Lowly and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a [fn]colt H5895, the [fn]foal of a pack animal.

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