- יהיר
- יָהִירch. sam(יהיר showy, proud, aristocratic). Targ. Hab. 2:5 י׳ ברשע boastful of his wickedness.Ḥull.111b top כמה י׳וכ׳ how assuming is this scholar!; cmp. יוֹהֲרָא.Meg.29a האי מאן די׳וכ׳ he who is proud, has a certain blemish (missing in Mss., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).B. Bath.98a, v. יְתַר.Pl. יְהִירֵי. Snh.98a, v. אַמְגּוֹשָׁא.Fem. pl. יְהִירָן. Meg.14b תרתי נשי י׳וכ׳ there were two proud women (Deborah and Huldah), and their names are invidious.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.