Definition

properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt

Etymology

from H5782 (עוּר) in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden);

Where the KJV renders it

• (ass) colt
• foal
• young ass

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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