H2972: יָאִרִי
Yâʼirîy · pronounced yaw-ee-ree' · “Jairite”
Definition
a Jairite or descendant of Jair
KJV translates it as: Jairite.
Word origin: patronymically from H2971 (יָאִיר);
Extended definition
Someone descended from Jair who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41;
son of: Segub (H7687H)
Group of ya.ir (יָאִיר "Jair" H2971)
§ Jairite = "descendant of Jair"
1) a descendant of Jair
1a) Ira the Jairite was a priest to David
son of: Segub (H7687H)
Group of ya.ir (יָאִיר "Jair" H2971)
§ Jairite = "descendant of Jair"
1) a descendant of Jair
1a) Ira the Jairite was a priest to David
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2972 is translated
- jairite ×1
Bible verses with H2972 (Yâʼirîy)
Yâʼirîy appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Samuel 20:26
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.