Lexicon ir: waking or wakeful one Original Word: עִירPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: ir Phonetic Spelling: (eer) Short Definition: watcher NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to urDefinitionwaking or wakeful one NASB Translationwatcher (2), watchers (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עִיר noun masculine waking, or wakeful, one, i.e. angel (√ עיר, compare Syriac  wake,  waking (PS 2843), Jewish-Aramaic עִיר, Late Hebrew עֵיר adjective awake); — absolute ׳ע Daniel 4:10; Daniel 4:20; plural absolute עִירִין Daniel 4:14; Aq Symm. ἐγρήγορος; compare Charles Enoch i. 5; xxxix. 12; also p. 356 Dr on the passage; doubtful is the connection with Phoenician Zophesemim (Euseb Praep. Evang. 10), i.e. צפי שמים watchers of heaven, as keeping watch over or spying out (Zim KAT 3. 629 Jerem Atim Licht d. AO 63). עַל, עֵלָּא see עלה. עִלָּה see I. עלל.
Strong's watcher (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to uwr; a watcher, i.e. An angel (as guardian) -- watcher. see HEBREW uwr |
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