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יָאִיר

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Jair

A town near Gilead § Jair = "he enlightens"

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יָאִיר proper name, masculine (he enlightens, or one giving light).

1. son of Manasseh Num 32:41 (twice in verse); Deut 3:14 (twice in verse); Josh 13:30; 1Kgs 4:13; 1Chr 2:22; 1Chr 2:23.

3. father of Mordecai Esth 2:5.

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