1. Jair (personal name) — The proper noun יָאִיר ('he enlightens' or 'may [God] enlighten') designates several individuals in the Hebrew Bible, most prominently: (1) Jair son of Manasseh who conquered villages in Gilead renamed 'Havvoth-jair' (Num 32:41, Deut 3:14, 1 Kgs 4:13), (2) Jair the Gileadite who judged Israel 22 years and whose 30 sons rode 30 donkeys (Judg 10:3-5), (3) Jair father of Mordecai (Esth 2:5), and (4) Jair father of Elhanan (1 Chr 20:5). All three clusters represent the same name with grammatical variation: S100525 is the bare form (יָאִיר, 4x), S100526 is another set of bare/construct forms (יָאִיר, 4x, likely different individuals), and S100527 adds the conjunction (וְיָאִיר 'and Jair,' 1x). Multilingual transliterations are consistent: Arabic يائيرُ/يَائِيرَ, Spanish Yaír/Yair/Jair, Hindi याईर, Korean 야일/야이르, Swahili Yairi. Since these are all the same lexeme (a proper name), they constitute one sense regardless of the different referents. 9×
AR["وَيَائِيرُ","يائير","يائيرَ","يائيرُ","يَائِيرَ","يَائِيرُ"]·ben["এবং-যায়ীর","পুত্র","যাইর","যায়ীর","যায়ীরের"]·DE["Jair","Yair","[יאיר]","und-Jair"]·EN["Jair","Ya'ir","Yair","and-Jair"]·FR["Jair","Jaïr","Yair","[יאיר]","et-Jair"]·heb["ו-יאיר","יאיר"]·HI["और-याईर","याईर","याईर-का"]·ID["Yair","dan-Yair"]·IT["Iair","Jair","Yair","[יאיר]","e-Jair"]·jav["Lan-Yair","Yair"]·KO["그리고-야이르","야이르","야이르가","야이르의","야일의","야일이"]·PT["E-Ya'ir","Ya'ir","Yair","¶ Jair"]·RU["Иаир","Йаир","Йаира","и-Йаир","и-было","от-них"]·ES["Jair","Jaír","Y-Jair","Yair","Yaír"]·SW["Manase","Yairi","na-Yairi"]·TR["Yair","Yair'i","Yair'in","Yairin","ve-Yair"]·urd["اور-یائیر","یائیر","یائیر-کے","یاعیر"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יָאִיר n.pr.m. (he enlightens, or one giving light). 1. son of Manasseh Nu 32:41(×2) Dt 3:14(×2) Jos 13:30 1 K 4:13 1 Ch 2:22, 23. 2. a judge in Gilead Ju 10:3, 4, 5. 3. father of Mordecai Est 2:5.