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title: יָעִיר — Jair(from the margin) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעִיר (3265), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jair(from the margin). BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָעִיר

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«יָעִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jair(from the margin)** — 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:** 3265 · **BDB:** יָעוֹר

### Glosses

of.Jair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jair(from the margin) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3265/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3265/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, יָעִיר Qr, n.pr.m. father of Elḫanan the giant-slayer 1 Ch 20:5 (Ιαειρ) + ‖ 2 S 21:19 (where read יעיר for יַעֲרֵי, and del. אֹרְגִים, v. Th We Dr Bu Kit HPS).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָעִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3265/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.5/)

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וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־יָעִ֗יר אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was again a.battle with \[the\].Philistines and he.struck.down Elhanan the.son of.Jair (et) Lahmi the.brother of.Goliath the Gittite and the.wood his.spear his \[was\].like a.beam of.weavers

*JPS 1917:* And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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