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title: צְפִיר — he-goat · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צְפִיר (lemma:צְפִיר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: he-goat. BDB 1906: n.m. he-goat. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפִיר

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«צְפִיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **he-goat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:צְפִיר · **BDB:** צְפִיר

### Glosses

he-goats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. he-goat (v. BH V. צפר);—pl. cstr. צְפִירֵי עִזִּין Ezr 6:17.

### Jastrow 1903

צְפִיר: young he-goat Fem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (late b. h. I) young he-goat. Targ. Lev. XVI, 9, sq. Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 31. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXVIII, 26 צַפִּירָא; a. fr.—Yoma 66ᵇ מאי שהי (ל)צ׳ דין דדרי חובין סגיאין Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Ar. משוך צפירה וכ׳) why does this scape-goat tarry that carries so many sins?.—Pl. צְפִירִין, צְפִירַיָּא. Targ. Lev. XVI, 7, sq.; a. fr.—Fem. צְפִירְתָּא. Ib. IV, 28; a. e.—Pes. 42ᵇ top צ׳ דלא אִפְּתַח (sub. רחמה) a she-goat that has not given birth (Ms. M. 2 ציפרתא a bird that has not laid; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5, a. Ar. s. v. צפיר); Gitt. 69ᵇ טחלא דצ׳ וכ׳ Rashi (ed. ציפרתא) the milt of \&c.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְפִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/)

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וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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