עִיר֔/וֹ — Genesis 49:11 Hebrew Word Study

עִיר֔/וֹ

𐤏𐤉𐤓/𐤅

iro

his foal

from עוּר 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.

H5895

Genesis 49:11 · Word #4

Lexicon `H5895`

Lemma	עַיִר
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤏𐤉𐤓
Transliteration	ʻayir
Strong's	H5895
In-context	his foal

Morphology `HNcmsc/Sp3ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`c` — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 `H5892-41`

his watch-guarded city

Root	עור (ʿ-w-r)
Core Meanings	wakefulness, watchfulness, being alert, guarding
Semantic Range	city, town, fortified settlement, encampment, administrative center
Conceptual Significance	In the biblical world, a city was not merely a population center but a protected, watch-guarded community. It represented security, identity, governance, and covenant life, often standing as the focal point of political power and divine judgment or blessing.
Morphological Notes	Common feminine singular noun in construct form (עִיר) with 3ms pronominal suffix (־וֹ), yielding "his city."
Rendering Rationale	The noun עִיר derives from a root associated with wakefulness and vigilance, pointing to a place kept under watch or guard. The form is feminine singular construct with a 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix, hence "his" and a singular noun: "his watch-guarded city." This preserves both the root sense of guarded wakefulness and the grammatical details.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עור (wakefulness, watchfulness, being alert, guarding)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H5782-01`	airah	Let me rouse myself
`H5892-01`	aray	my watch-cities
`H5892-03`	arayv	his watch-guarded cities
`H6145-01`	arekha	your wakeful foe
`H5892-05`	areyha	her watch-cities
`H5892-06`	areyhem	their watch-cities
`H5892-08`	areykha	your watch-guarded cities
`H5892-07`	areykha	your guarded cities
`H5892-09`	areykhem	your (masc. pl.) watch-cities
`H5892-10`	arim	watch-guarded cities
`H5892-12`	arim	watch-kept cities
`H5892-11`	arim	watch-cities
`H5788-01`	averet	blindness
`H5895-01`	ayarim	young burden-bearer colts
`H5895-02`	ayir	a load-raised colt
`H5892-13`	bair	in the guarded city
`H5892-14`	bair	in the guarded city
`H5788-02`	baivaron	in the blindness
`H4631-01`	bamearah	in the hollowed cave
`H4631-02`	bamearot	in the hollowed caves
`H5785-02`	baor	in the skin
`H5785-01`	baor	in the hide
`H6144-02`	bear	in Ar (City)
`H5892-16`	bearey	in the watch-cities of
`H5892-17`	beareyha	in her watch-cities
`H5892-18`	beareyhem	in their watch-cities
`H5892-19`	beareykhem	in your watch-cities
`H5892-20`	beareynu	in our watch-cities
`H5892-21`	bearim	in the watch-cities
`H5892-22`	beir	in the guarded city
`H5892-23`	beiri	in my guarded city
`H5892-25`	beiro	in his watch-city
`H1160-02`	beor	in (a) hide-of
`H5785-03`	beori	in my skin
`H4631-03`	bimearat	in the hollow-cave of
`H4631-04`	bimearot	in hollowed caves of
`H6147-02`	er	Awake-One
`H6147-01`	er	Wakeful-one
`H6179-01`	eri	Watchful-One
`H6180-01`	haeri	the Wakeful-one descendant
`H5892-26`	hair	the watch-guarded city
`H5892-29`	hairah	toward the guarded city
`H5892-28`	hairah	to the watch-city
`H5782-02`	hairoti	I have roused
`H5782-03`	hairotihu	I have caused him to awaken
`H5782-04`	hairu	Rouse, you men!
`H5787-01`	haiver	the blinded man
`H4631-05`	hamearah	the hollowed cavern
`H4631-06`	hamearat	the bare-hollow of
`H4631-07`	hamearot	the hollowed caves
`H5785-05`	haor	the hide
`H5782-05`	heir	he roused
`H5782-06`	hiteoreri	Rouse yourself
`H5892-31`	hyr	the wake-guarded city
`H5892-33`	ir	guarded-city
`H5892-32`	ir	watch-city
`H5892-34`	ir	watch-guarded city
`H5892-35`	ir	city (feminine singular); cities (feminine plural); city of (feminine singular construct)
`H5892-36`	irah	her watch-city
`H5892-38`	iram	their guarded-city
`H5892-39`	irekha	your watch-guarded city
`H5892-40`	iri	my watch-guarded city
`H5894-01`	irin	the wakeful ones
`H5892-42`	iro	his wake-guarded city
`H5787-02`	iver	blind man
`H5787-03`	iver	a struck-blind man
`H5787-05`	iverim	blind men
`H5787-04`	iverim	blind men
`H5787-06`	iverot	blind women
`H5787-07`	kaiverim	like the blind-men
`H5892-43`	kearim	like watch-cities
`H5892-44`	keir	like a wake-guarded city
`H5784-01`	keur	like chaff-husk
`H5787-08`	khaiverim	like sightless men
`H5892-45`	lair	to the watch-city
`H5787-09`	laiver	to the blinded man
`H6146-01`	learakhe	to your watchful foe
`H5892-46`	learey	to the watch-cities of
`H5892-47`	leareyha	to her watch-cities
`H5892-48`	leareyhem	to their guarded cities
`H5892-49`	learim	to the wake-guarded cities
`H6147-03`	leer	for Watchful-one (Er)
`H6197-01`	leeran	to Watchful-one (Eran)
`H6179-02`	leeri	to Watchful (Eri)
`H5892-50`	leir	to a watch-city
`H5892-51`	leiro	to his watch-city
`H4631-09`	mearah	a bare hollow
`H5892-53`	mearey	from the watch-cities of
`H5892-54`	meareyhem	from their watch-cities
`H4631-11`	mearot	bare hollows
`H5892-55`	mehair	from the watchful city
`H4631-12`	mehamearah	from the bare-hollow
`H5892-56`	mehearim	from the guarded cities
`H5892-59`	meir	from the guarded city
`H5892-57`	meir	from the watch-city
`H5892-58`	meir	from the wake-guarded city
`H5782-07`	meiram	one rousing them
`H5892-60`	meirekha	from your watch-city
`H5892-61`	meiro	from his guarded city
`H216-12`	meor	skin-of
`H4589-01`	meoreyhem	their naked parts
`H5782-08`	miteorer	he who rouses himself awake
`H5782-09`	neor	he has been awakened
`H216-14`	or	skin
`H219-02`	orah	her hide
`H216-17`	oram	their skin
`H5782-10`	oraretikha	I roused you
`H5785-06`	orenu	our skin
`H5782-11`	orer	one who stirs up
`H5782-12`	orerah	Rouse yourself!
`H5785-13`	orot	skins of
`H5785-12`	orot	skins of
`H5785-14`	orotam	their hides
`H5782-14`	tairu	you all cause to awaken
`H5783-01`	teor	she will be made bare
`H5782-15`	teorer	she will rouse herself awake
`H5782-16`	teoreru	you (masculine plural) rouse yourselves
`H5892-62`	ulearey	and to the watch-cities of
`H5782-17`	urah	Awake!
`H5782-19`	uri	Awake, you (feminine)!
`H4631-13`	uvamearot	and in the bare hollows
`H5892-63`	uvearayv	and in his watch-cities
`H5892-64`	uvearey	and in the watch-cities of
`H5892-65`	uveiro	and in his watch-guarded city
`H5788-03`	uveivaron	and in blindness
`H5895-03`	vaeyarim	and young load-bearing donkeys
`H5892-66`	vair	in the watchful city
`H4631-14`	vamearah	in the bare hollow
`H3293-13`	vayaar	and he caused-to-awake
`H5782-20`	vayeireni	and he caused me to awaken
`H5892-67`	vearayv	and his guarded cities
`H5892-68`	vearey	and watch-cities of
`H5892-69`	veareyha	and her wake-guarded cities
`H5892-70`	veareyhem	and their watch-cities
`H5892-71`	veareykha	and your watch-cities
`H5892-72`	veareykhem	and your watch-cities
`H5895-04`	veayir	and the burden-raised colt of
`H5895-05`	vehaayarim	and the load-raised young male-donkeys
`H5892-74`	vehair	and the watch-guarded city
`H5680-11`	vehaiverim	and the blind men
`H4631-15`	vehamearah	and the hollowed cave
`H5892-75`	vehearim	and the watch-cities
`H5782-21`	vehiteorareti	and I roused myself
`H5892-78`	veir	watch-city
`H5892-79`	veiro	in his guarded city
`H5787-10`	veiver	and a blind man
`H5892-80`	velearim	and to the guarded cities
`H216-26`	veor	skin
`H5785-18`	veoram	and the skin of them
`H5782-22`	veorareti	and I awakened
`H5782-23`	veorer	and he awakened
`H5785-19`	veori	and my skin
`H5785-20`	veoro	in his skin
`H5785-22`	veorot	and skins of
`H5782-24`	veurah	and awake!
`H5782-25`	veyaer	and he will rouse
`H5892-82`	vyr	in a wake-guarded city
`H2971-05`	yair	he will rouse
`H5786-02`	yeaver	he makes blind
`H5782-26`	yeoeru	they will awaken
`H2975-08`	yeor	he will be roused
`H5782-27`	yeoru	let them be awakened
`H5782-28`	yeurenu	he will rouse him
`H5782-29`	yiteorar	he rouses himself
`H5895-06`	yrh	his young burden-bearing colt

Word Usage (10 occurrences of H5895)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 32:16	וַ/עְיָרִ֖ם	vaeyarim	and foals
Genesis 49:11	עיר/ה	yrh	his foal
Genesis 49:11	עִיר֔/וֹ	iro	his foal
Judges 10:4	עֲיָרִ֔ים	ayarim	donkeys
Judges 10:4	עֲיָרִ֖ים	ayarim-2	cities
Judges 12:14	עֲיָרִ֑ם	ayarim	donkey colts
Isaiah 30:6	עֲיָרִ֜ים	ayarim	of young donkeys
Isaiah 30:24	וְ/הָ/עֲיָרִ֗ים	vehaayarim	and-the-young-donkeys
Zechariah 9:9	עַ֖יִר	ayir	a colt
Job 11:12	וְ/עַ֥יִר	veayir	and colt

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Lexicon H5895

Morphology HNcmsc/Sp3ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H5892-41

Words from Root עור (wakefulness, watchfulness, being alert, guarding)

Word Usage (10 occurrences of H5895)

Lexicon `H5895`

Morphology `HNcmsc/Sp3ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H5892-41`