Lexical Definition

‎עַיִר‎ ʻayir (ah'-yeer) colt ^H:N-M
from ‎עוּר‎ in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden)

(ass) colt, foal, young ass.

• properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load)
• hence an ass-colt

1) he-ass, male ass

See Greek: ὄνος · πῶλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַ֫יִר‎ noun masculine^{Gen 32:16*} male ass (young and vigorous); — plural ‎וַעְיָרִם‎ Gen 32:16* (E); suffix ‎עִירֹה‎ Gen 49:11 (poem; || ‎בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ‎); construct ‎עַיִר פֶּרֶא‎ (Ges^{«GKC:131c»§ 131c} N. 2; or appositive Kö^{Synt. § 333 s} Di and others) Job 11:12 wild ass's colt; plural ‎עֲיָרִים‎, for riding Judg 10:4a (Judg 10:4b see ‎עִיר‎), ‎עֲיָרִם‎), Judg 12:14, singular absolute ‎עַיִר‎ Zech 9:9 ‎עֲיָרִים‎ for carrying Isa 30:6 Qr (Kt ‎עורים‎), ‎עֲיָרִם‎ for tillage vIsa 30:24.

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