Yaʻărêy ʼÔrᵉgîym — H3296

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jaare-Oregim, an Israelite

1. Jaare-oregim = "forests of weaver"
2. a man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan the giant slayer and one of David's mighty warriors; also called 'Jair'

Usually translated as

Jaare-oregim

Origin

from the plural of H3293 and the masculine plural active participle of H707; woods of weavers

• Derived from Yaʻar (H3293)
• Derived from ʼârag (H707)

Occurrences

Yaʻărêy ʼÔrᵉgîym occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1)

• 2 Samuel 21:19 — And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim (יַעְרֵ֨י), a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.