Word Study · Strong's H5895 · Hebrew
עַיִר
ayir
ah'-yeer
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻayir
“properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
Rendered in the KJV as
(ass) colt, foal, young ass.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים1
- וְעַ֥יִר1
- וַעְיָרִ֖ם1
- עַ֖יִר1
- עִיר֔וֹ1
- עֲיָרִ֔ים1
- עֲיָרִ֜ים1
- עֲיָרִ֑ם1
How it is rendered · 6
- donkeys3
- a male donkey1
- and a male donkey of1
- and male donkeys1
- and the donkeys1
- donkey his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 32:15וַעְיָרִ֖םva'yarimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.here: and male donkeys
- Genesis 49:11עִיר֔וֹironoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.here: donkey his
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 10:4עֲיָרִ֔יםʾayarimnoun · masculine pluralHe had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.here: donkeys
- Judges 12:14עֲיָרִ֑םʾayarimnoun · masculine pluralHe had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.here: donkeys
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 30:6עֲיָרִ֜יםʾayarimnoun · masculine pluralThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.here: donkeys
- Isaiah 30:24וְהָעֲיָרִ֗יםvehaayarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.here: and the donkeys