=====irim===== The root word of irim should be 'ir', however, this does not appear to be a word. It is possible that a word with a close spelling might be the root. Possible candidates include [[air]] ("shining"), [[ira]] ("official"/"respect"), [[ireh]] ("moon"), or [[aor]] ("light"). All of these possible root relate to the concepts of a light shining, whether literally or figuratively, so it is not unreasonable to propose a tentative meaning for 'irim' of "The Shining Ones". If this is the case, irim might simply be a misspelling or simplification of the term [[aorim]]. 'irim' occurs only nine times in the ancient texts FIXME examine these: genesis41:44 job39:27 exodus17:11 leviticus4:8 leviticus4:19 1_samuel2:8 psalms75:7 psalms110:7 psalms113:7 Most traditional translations fail to recognize the word 'irim' and instead mistakenly convolute it with [[herim]], [[remim]], and [[merim]]. ---- This page is part of a series - see [[im]] backlinks for a dynamic list