עִיר

עִירI m. (עיּר) guardian, angel. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:8 ולא ירד עמו לא ע׳ ולא שרףוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. לא ע׳ ולא קדיש, borrowed from Dan. 4:10) nor went down with him (Abraham) a guardian, or Seraph, or angel. Ib. to Ps. 1 (play on עיר, Gen. 11:4) ואין ע׳ אלא אלוה ʿir means a deity (ref. to Dan. l. c.).Pl. עִירִין. Pes.33a (quot. fr. Dan. 4:14) בגזירת ע׳וכ׳ by the decree of the guardians (scholars) the word (is established) , i. e. they have so decided at college.עִיר awake, v. עוּר ch.)