Strong's Hebrew: 5895. עַ֫יִר (ayir) -- a male donkey

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ayir: a male donkey

Original Word: עַ֫יִר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ayir
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-yeer)
Short Definition: donkeys

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a male donkey
NASB Translation
colt (1), donkeys (3), foal (2), male donkeys (1), young donkeys (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

Strong's

colt, foal, young donkey

From uwr in the sense of raising (i.e. Bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt -- (ass) colt, foal, young ass.

see HEBREW uwr