Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5895 - עַיִר ayir (a male donkey)

Original Word:	עַיִר
Transliteration:	ayir
Definition:	a male donkey
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ah'-yeer)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

colt, foal, young donkey

From uwr in the sense of raising (i.e. Bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt -- (ass) colt, foal, young ass.

see HEBREW uwr

Englishman's Concordance

1) he-ass, male ass
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1616a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עַ֫יִרnoun masculine^{Gen 32:16}male ass (young and vigorous); — plural וַעְיָרִםGenesis 32:16 (E); suffix עִירֹהGenesis 49:11 (poem; "" בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ); construct עַיִר מֶּרֶא (Ges^{§ 131c} N. 2; or appositive Kö^{Synt. § 333 s} Di and others) Job 11:12wild ass's colt; plural עֲיָרִים, for riding Judges 10:4a (Judges 10:4b see עִיר), עֲיָרִם), Judges 12:14, singular absolute עַיִרZechariah 9:9; עֲיָרִים for carrying Isaiah 30:6 Qr (Kt עורים), עֲיָרִם for tillage Isaiah 30:24.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5895. עַ֫יִר (ayir) — 9 Occurrences

Genesis 32:15
HEB:אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃
NAS: female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
KJV: she asses, and ten foals.
INT: female twenty male and ten

Genesis 49:11
HEB:[עִירֹה כ] (עִירֹ֔ו ק) וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה
NAS: He ties [his] foal to the vine,
KJV: Binding his foal unto the vine,
INT: ties to the vine colt to the choice colt

Judges 10:4
HEB:עַל־ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים עֲיָרִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים עֲיָרִ֖ים
NAS: on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty
KJV: on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty
INT: on thirty donkeys had thirty donkeys

Judges 10:4
HEB:עֲיָרִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים עֲיָרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם לָהֶ֞ם
INT: donkeys had thirty donkeys like that

Judges 12:14
HEB:עַל־ שִׁבְעִ֣ים עֲיָרִ֑ם וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־
NAS: on seventy donkeys; and he judged
KJV: on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged
INT: on seventy donkeys judged Israel

Job 11:12
HEB:נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם
NAS: will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey
KJV: be born [like] a wild ass's colt.
INT: vain will become the foal of a wild A man

Isaiah 30:6
HEB:עַל־ כֶּ֨תֶף עֲיָרִ֜ים חֵֽילֵהֶ֗ם וְעַל־
NAS: on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures
KJV: upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures
INT: on the backs of young their riches and

Isaiah 30:24
HEB: וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים עֹֽבְדֵי֙ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה
NAS: Also the oxen and the donkeys which work
KJV: The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear
INT: the oxen and the donkeys work the ground

Zechariah 9:9
HEB:חֲמ֔וֹר וְעַל־ עַ֖יִר בֶּן־ אֲתֹנֽוֹת׃
NAS: on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal
KJV: upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal
INT: A donkey on A colt the foal of a donkey

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