עַיִר
ʿayir
male ass
Strong's H5895NounHebrewTWOT 1616a

עַיִר (ʿayir) is a Hebrew noun meaning male ass. It appears 10 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5895).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1616a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1616a)male ass; young ass, ass-colt; colt, foal
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עַ֫יִר noun, masculine: male ass

male ass (young and vigorous)

Strong's H5895 עַיִר: properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
KJV:(ass) colt, foal, young ass.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1616: עיר ʿyr — Root of: עַ֫יִר male ass

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:11Judges 10:4Job 11:12

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