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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Adjective
יָהִיר • (yahir) (feminine יְהִירָה, masculine plural יְהִירִים, feminine plural יְהִירוֹת)
- arrogant, proud, haughty (having excessive pride)
Tanach, Habakkuk 2:5, with translation of the New International Version:וְאַף כִּֽי־הַיַּיִן בֹּוגֵד גֶּבֶר יָהִיר וְלֹא יִנְוֶה אֲשֶׁר הִרְחִיב כִּשְׁאֹול נַפְשֹׁו וְהוּא כַמָּוֶת וְלֹא יִשְׂבָּע […]- indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied,
1890 – 1931,
Rachel the Poetess,
ניב :
- הַהוֹלְכוֹת הָלוֹךְ וְטָפוֹף, \ מַבָּטָן יָהִיר.
- Those (female) that go, walking and trotting / their gaze haughty.
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