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title: יָאִירִי — Jairite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָאִירִי (2972), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jairite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Jairite. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָאִירִי

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«יָאִירִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jairite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2972 · **BDB:** יָאִירִי

### Glosses

Jairite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jairite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2972/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Jairite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2972/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Jairite 2 S 20:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָאִירִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2972/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.26/)

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וְגַ֗ם עִירָא֙ הַיָּ֣אִרִ֔י הָיָ֥ה כֹהֵ֖ן לְדָוִֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and also Ira the Jairite he.was a.priest of David

*JPS 1917:* and Ira also the Jairite was chief minister unto David.

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