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# יָהִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3093

**proud** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

proud [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָהִיר: adj. proud, haughty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. proud, haughty, זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ Pr 21:24 a presumptuous man, (who is) haughty, scoffer is his name (+ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן); גֶּבֶר יָהִיר וְלֹא יִנְוֶה֑ Hb 2:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: proud (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 21:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.24/#tree)

זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* an.arrogant.\[person\] proud \[is\].mocker name his \[he.is\].acting in.\[the\] overflowing of.presumption

*JPS 1917:* A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride.

[Habakkuk 2:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.5/#tree)

וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בּוֹגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and also (dm) (the) wine \[is\].acting.treacherously a.man proud and.\[who\] not he.stays.at.home who he.has.made.large like Sheol throat his and he \[is\].like (the) death and not he.is.satisfied and he.has.gathered to himself all the nations and he.has.assembled to himself all the peoples

*JPS 1917:* Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3093.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3093/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).