יאיר

Hebrew

Etymology

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Verb

יָאִיר • (ya'ír)

1. Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of הֵאִיר (he'ír)

Proper noun

יָאִיר • (ya'ír) m

1. a male given name, Yair, equivalent to English Jair
2. (biblical) Jair (a judge of Israel)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), Ἰάειρος (Iáeiros)
  • Latin: Iairus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (iaeirus), 𐌾𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (jaeirus) (learned)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἰαΐρ (Iaḯr)

References

• H2971 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• יאיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he