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# שָׂעִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8163

**he-goat** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

he-goat [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8163/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂעִיר: n.m. he-goat, buck [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8163/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Nu 15:24 he-goat, buck (hairy one; NH id.);—abs. שׂ׳ Lv 4:24 +, cstr. שְׂעִיר Nu 7:16 +; pl. שְׂעִירִם Lv 16:7, 8; cstr. שְׂעִירֵי v 5 Nu 7:87;—he-goat, usually שְׂעִיר(־)עִזִּים buck of goats (v. עֵז p. 777): Gn 37:31 (J), Ez 43:22; 45:23 Lv 4:23; 9:3; 23:19 + 20 times Nu (all P); שְׂעִירֵי ע׳ Lv 16:5 Nu 7:87 (P); שׂ׳ alone = he-goat Lv 4:24 + 11 times Lv 16 (P); שְׂעִיר (הַ)חַטָּאת he-goat for sin-offering Ez 43:25 Lv 9:15 + 9 times Lv Nu; שְׂעִירֵי הַח׳ 2 Ch 29:23; in Dn 8:21 הַשּׂ׳ is prob. gloss to הַצָּפִיר (cf. Dr).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hairy (3).

## In the verses

[Genesis 27:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.11/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־רִבְקָ֖ה אִמּ֑וֹ הֵ֣ן עֵשָׂ֤ו אָחִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂעִ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ חָלָֽק׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jacob to Rebekah mother his here! Esau brother my \[is\].a.man hairy and I \[am\].a.man smooth

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

[Genesis 27:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.23/#tree)

וְלֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔וֹ כִּֽי־הָי֣וּ יָדָ֗יו כִּידֵ֛י עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖יו שְׂעִרֹ֑ת וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and not he recognized.him (dm) they.were hands his like the.hands of.Esau brother his hairy and he blessed.him

*JPS 1917:* And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8163/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).