Biblica Analytica
H3296 Hebrew

יָעִיר

ya.ur

Jair

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Jair
Transliteration
ya.ur
Strong's Number
H3296
Occurrences
2
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

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
Strong's
H3296
Lemma
יָעִיר
Transliteration
ya.ur
Definition
Jair
Occurrences
2
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences across the text