עַ֫יִר
a.yir
“colt”
Definition
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
from H5782 (עוּר) in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עַ֫יִר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He ties his donkey to the vine,his colt to the choicest branch.He washes his garments in wine,his robes in the blood of grapes.
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev:Through a land of hardship and distress,of lioness and lion,of viper and flying serpent,they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeysand their treasures on the humps of camels,to a people of no profit to them.
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
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