יָעִיר
ya.ur
Jair
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Jair (H3296) Based on the provided lexical data, יָעִיר (Jair) is a proper noun appearing exactly twice in the biblical text. The term functions as a personal name rather than a common word with semantic range or grammatical variation. Without additional contextual information from the lexicon entry—such as etymology, meaning of the name's components, or identification of the specific individuals bearing this name—the data permits only the observation that Jair served as a designation for at least one biblical figure significant enough to warrant multiple mentions. The minimal occurrence count (two instances) suggests that Jair was not a prominent recurring character in the narrative landscape of the Hebrew Bible, or alternatively, that the name appears concentrated in a particular historical or genealogical context rather than dispersed across multiple texts. To understand the actual significance of this name—whether it identified a judge, ancestor, geographical figure, or other biblical personage—would require consulting the passages where it appears or additional lexicographic sources beyond the data provided here.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
2 Samuel 21:19There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.