יַתִּיר
yat.tir
Jattir
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ית"ר" (yat.tir) corresponds to the Lemmas Strong's number H3492. According to the provided data, "ית"ר" is a proper name for a person, as it falls under the Semantic domain category "Proper Name: Person." This suggests that "ית"ר" likely refers to an individual in scripture, rather than an abstract concept or common noun. Within the Bible, "ית"ר is mentioned four times, indicating its relative significance within the narrative. However, the exact nature of the person referred to as "ית"ר" is not specified in the provided data. It may be a family member, a city leader, or another type of individual, but this is left to interpretation based on additional contextual information. The lack of additional semantic information and broader context provided here, means more exploration will need to be done to understand more about "ית"ר." However, the basic understanding that "ית"ר" is a personal proper name gives a starting point for the analysis.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
Joshua 21:14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
1 Samuel 30:27He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
1 Chronicles 6:57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,