*גִּיר I, (Syriac גיר, P. Sm. 709 sq., prob. fr. גרר, cmp. גְּרָרָא) as a consequence, for &c. Targ. Prov. XXIX, 19 (agreeing with Peshito) ידע ג׳ דלא בליע ed. Lag. (Var. ולא, ed. דידע ג׳ ולא וכ׳, Peshito … בלע) for he understands (from being spoken to) only that he will receive no blows. [Ib. XXIII, 14 אנת ביר וכ׳ Ms. (missing in ed.), read: גיר (as in Peshito) thou, therefore, &c.]