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In the biblical context, it is often used to describe a young, untrained donkey, which is significant in various narratives and prophecies. The term emphasizes the youth and potential untamed nature of the animal.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, donkeys were essential for transportation and agriculture. They were considered valuable assets for their endurance and ability to carry heavy loads. The use of a young donkey, or "ayir," in biblical narratives often symbolizes humility and peace, contrasting with the horse, which was associated with war and conquest. The donkey's role in biblical times extended beyond mere utility; it also held symbolic significance in prophetic and royal contexts.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a male donkey<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>colt (1), donkeys (3), foal (2), male donkeys (1), young donkeys (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">עַ֫יִר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Gen 32:16</sup> <font size="+1"><b>male ass</b></font> (young and vigorous); — plural <font class="hebrew2">וַעְיָרִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/32-16.htm">Genesis 32:16</a> (E); suffix <font class="hebrew2">עִירֹה</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/49-11.htm">Genesis 49:11</a> (poem; "" <font class="hebrew2">בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ</font>); construct <font class="hebrew2">עַיִר מֶּרֶא</font> (Ges<sup>§ 131c</sup> N. 2; or appositive Kö<sup>Synt. § 333 s</sup> Di and others) <a href="/interlinear/job/11-12.htm">Job 11:12</a> <em>wild ass's colt</em>; plural <font class="hebrew2">עֲיָרִים</font>, for riding <a href="/interlinear/judges/10-4.htm">Judges 10:4</a>a (<a href="/interlinear/judges/10-4.htm">Judges 10:4</a>b see <font class="hebrew2">עִיר</font>), <font class="hebrew2">עֲיָרִם</font>), <a href="/interlinear/judges/12-14.htm">Judges 12:14</a>, singular absolute <font class="hebrew2">עַיִר</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a>; <font class="hebrew2">עֲיָרִים</font> for carrying <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-6.htm">Isaiah 30:6</a> Qr (Kt <font class="hebrew2">עורים</font>), <font class="hebrew2">עֲיָרִם</font> for tillage <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-24.htm">Isaiah 30:24</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>colt, foal, young donkey <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm">uwr</a> in the sense of raising (i.e. Bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt -- (ass) colt, foal, young ass. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm">uwr</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים וְעַ֥יִר וַעְיָרִ֖ם והעירים ועיר ועירם עֲיָרִ֑ם עֲיָרִ֔ים עֲיָרִ֖ים עֲיָרִ֜ים עִירֹ֔ו עַ֖יִר עיר עירו עירים עירם ‘ă·yā·rim ‘ă·yā·rîm ‘a·yir ‘ăyārim ‘ăyārîm ‘ayir ‘î·rōw ‘îrōw ayaRim Ayir iRo vayaRim veAyir vehaayaRim wa‘·yā·rim wa‘yārim wə‘ayir wə·‘a·yir wə·hā·‘ă·yā·rîm wəhā‘ăyārîm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/32-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 32:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים <b> וַעְיָרִ֖ם </b> עֲשָׂרָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> female donkeys and ten <span class="itali">male donkeys.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> she asses, and ten <span class="itali">foals.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/32-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> female twenty <span class="itali">male</span> and ten<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/49-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 49:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/49.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[עִירֹה כ] <b> (עִירֹ֔ו </b> ק) וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/49.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He ties <span class="itali">[his] foal</span> to the vine,<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/49.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Binding <span class="itali">his foal</span> unto the vine,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/49-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> ties to the vine <span class="itali">colt</span> to the choice colt<p><b><a href="/text/judges/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 10:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים <b> עֲיָרִ֔ים </b> וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים עֲיָרִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on thirty <span class="itali">donkeys,</span> and they had thirty<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> on thirty <span class="itali">ass colts,</span> and they had thirty<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on thirty <span class="itali">donkeys</span> had thirty donkeys<p><b><a href="/text/judges/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 10:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲיָרִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים <b> עֲיָרִ֖ים </b> לָהֶ֑ם לָהֶ֞ם</span><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> donkeys had thirty <span class="itali">donkeys</span> like that<p><b><a href="/text/judges/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 12:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ שִׁבְעִ֣ים <b> עֲיָרִ֑ם </b> וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on seventy <span class="itali">donkeys;</span> and he judged<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> on threescore and ten <span class="itali">ass colts:</span> and he judged<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on seventy <span class="itali">donkeys</span> judged Israel<p><b><a href="/text/job/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 11:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב <b> וְעַ֥יִר </b> פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will become intelligent <span class="itali">When the foal</span> of a wild donkey<br><a href="/kjvs/job/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be born [like] a wild ass's <span class="itali">colt.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> vain will become <span class="itali">the foal</span> of a wild A man<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/30-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 30:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ כֶּ֨תֶף <b> עֲיָרִ֜ים </b> חֵֽילֵהֶ֗ם וְעַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on the backs <span class="itali">of young donkeys</span> And their treasures<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon the shoulders <span class="itali">of young asses,</span> and their treasures<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the backs <span class="itali">of young</span> their riches and<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/30-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 30:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים <b> וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים </b> עֹֽבְדֵי֙ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Also the oxen <span class="itali">and the donkeys</span> which work<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> The oxen <span class="itali">likewise and the young asses</span> that ear<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the oxen <span class="itali">and the donkeys</span> work the ground<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 9:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חֲמ֔וֹר וְעַל־ <b> עַ֖יִר </b> בֶּן־ אֲתֹנֽוֹת׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on a donkey, <span class="itali">Even on a colt,</span> the foal<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon an ass, <span class="itali">and upon a colt</span> the foal<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A donkey on <span class="itali">A colt</span> the foal of a donkey<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5895.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5895.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5895<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ayarim_5895.htm">‘ă·yā·rîm — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ayir_5895.htm">‘a·yir — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/iro_5895.htm">‘î·rōw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vayarim_5895.htm">wa‘·yā·rim — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veayir_5895.htm">wə·‘a·yir — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehaayarim_5895.htm">wə·hā·‘ă·yā·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script 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