Arthur-Marie Le Hir (b. at Morlaix, Finistère, in the Diocese of Quimper, France, 5 December 1811; d. at Paris, 13 January 1868) was a French Biblical scholar and Orientalist.
Through his work and that of his pupil, Renan, he influenced powerfully the revival of Biblical and Oriental studies in France.
Renan regarded him as the best Hebrew and Syriac scholar of France of his generation and thoroughly versed in Biblical science, including the current German works, whose theories he combatted.
[1] Robert Irwin stated that Renan said his grasp of Arabic was so poor due to inadequate instruction from his teachers.
[4] Le Hir published only a few articles, which, along with others, were collected after his death in the two volumes entitled "Etudes Bibliques," Paris, 1869.