yit.ri is a gentilicial designation used for Ira and Gareb and for a family group associated with Kiriath-jearim.

The attested use is a gentilicial designation: it identifies Ira and Gareb in two lists and names one family group among the families of Kiriath-jearim.

1. Gentilicial designation for persons and a family group · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 11:40 and 2 Samuel 23:38, the masculine singular absolute form occurs twice in each verse alongside the names Ira and Gareb; the APB renders the entries "Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite." In 1 Chronicles 2:53, the same form occurs in a list of families of Kiriath-jearim; the APB renders "The families of Kiriath-jearim were the Ithrite, the Puthite, the Shumathite, and the Mishraite."

   1 Chronicles 11:401 Chronicles 2:532 Samuel 23:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as "the Ithrite," both after the names Ira and Gareb and as a family designation. This reflects the verse-level presentation rather than a separate lexical rendering claim.