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title: יָהִיר — proud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָהִיר (3093), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: proud. BDB 1906: adj. proud, haughty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָהִיר

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«יָהִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **proud** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3093 · **BDB:** יָהִיר

### Glosses

proud (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

proud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. proud, haughty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. proud, haughty, זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ Pr 21:24 a presumptuous man, (who is) haughty, scoffer is his name (+ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן); גֶּבֶר יָהִיר וְלֹא יִנְוֶה֑ Hb 2:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָהִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 21:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.24/)

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זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* an.arrogant.\[person\] proud \[is\].mocker name his \[he.is\].acting in.\[the\] overflowing of.presumption

*JPS 1917:* A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride.

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[Habakkuk 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.5/)

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וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בּוֹגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and also (dm) (the) wine \[is\].acting.treacherously a.man proud and.\[who\] not he.stays.at.home who he.has.made.large like Sheol throat his and he \[is\].like (the) death and not he.is.satisfied and he.has.gathered to himself all the nations and he.has.assembled to himself all the peoples

*JPS 1917:* Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

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