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title: יָאִיר — Jair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָאִיר (2971), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Jair. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָאִיר

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«יָאִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jair** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 2971 · **BDB:** יָאִיר

### Glosses

of.Jair (7); Jair (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2971/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2971/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (he enlightens, or one giving light). son of Manasseh Nu 32:41(×2) Dt 3:14(×2) Jos 13:30 1 K 4:13 1 Ch 2:22, 23. a judge in Gilead Ju 10:3, 4, 5. father of Mordecai Est 2:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָאִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2971/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.10.5/)

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וַיָּ֣מָת יָאִ֔יר וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקָמֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.died Jair and he.was.buried in Kamon

*JPS 1917:* And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.

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[Judges 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.10.3/)

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וַיָּ֣קָם אַחֲרָ֔יו יָאִ֖יר הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose after him Jair the Gileadite and he.judged (et) Israel twenty and two year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.

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