Lexical Summary Yair: "he enlightens", three Israelites Original Word: יָאִירTransliteration: Yair Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ere') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "he enlightens", three Israelites Meaning: Jair -- "he enlightens", three Israelites Strong's Concordance Jair From 'owr; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites -- Jair. see HEBREW 'owr Brown-Driver-Briggs H2971. Yair יָאִיר proper name, masculine (he enlightens, or one giving light). 1 son of Manasseh Numbers 32:41 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22-23,. 2 a judge in Gilead Judges 10:3-4, 5. 3 father of Mordecai Esther 2:5. |