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Meïr Ibn Jair
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Italian (?) Talmudist and grammarian of the sixteenth century. His family name seems to have been "Meïri"; for he is always mentioned under the name of "Meïr le-Bet Meïr" (= "Meïr of the house of Meïr"). He is called "Ibn Jair" because 
is written after his name in the manuscript sources; it may, however, be an equivalent of "Meïr" or may mean "May his light continue." Meïr was the author of: "Yaïr Natib," or, according to Nepi-Ghirondi ("Toledot Gedole Yisrael," p. 255), "Meïr Natib" (Sabbionetta, 1553), a treatise on the law concerning the slaughtering of animals, frequently quoted by Ḥayyim Benveniste in his "Keneset ha-Gedolah"; a treatise on the eight conjugations in Hebrew grammar, under the title "Simane kol Shemonah Binyanim" (ib. 1554), a work which was afterward revised by the author and published under the title of "Diḳduḳ" (ib. 1597).
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, , s. Yaïr Natib;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1706.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Meïr Ibn Jair'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/mer-ibn-jair.html. 1901.
