STRONGS NUMBER H5894


Word Summary
ir: waking or wakeful one
Original Word: עִיר
Transliteration: ir
Phonetic Spelling: (eer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: waking or wakeful one
Meaning: waking or wakeful one
Strong's Concordance
watcher

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to uwr; a watcher, i.e. An angel (as guardian) -- watcher.

see HEBREW uwr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5894. ir

עִירnoun masculine waking, or wakeful, one, i.e. angel (√עיר‎, compare Syriac wake, waking (PS2843), Jewish-Aramaic עִיר‎, Late Hebrew עֵיר‎ adjective awake); — absolute ׳עDaniel 4:10; 4:20; plural absolute עִירִין4:14; Aq Symm. ἐγρήγορος; compare CharlesEnoch i. 5; xxxix. 12; also p. 356 Dron the passage; doubtful is the connection with Phoenician Zophesemim (EusebPraep. Evang. 10), i.e. שמים צפיwatchers of heaven, as keeping watch over or spying out (ZimKAT 3. 629 JeremAtim Licht d. AO 63).

עֵלָּא עַל,‎ see עלה‎. עִלָּה‎ see I. עלל‎.