עַיִר
ʻayir · ah'-yeer
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5782 (עוּר) in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden);
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
- properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load)
- hence, an ass-colt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (ass) colt, foal, young ass.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To see and know of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַיִר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ass colts2 · 25%
- foals1 · 13%
- his foal1 · 13%
- colt1 · 13%
- of young asses1 · 13%
- likewise and the young asses1 · 13%
- and upon a colt1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.