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title: עֵז — she-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵז (5795), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 74 times: she-goat. BDB 1906: n.f. she-goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵז

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«עֵז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **she-goat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 74 times · **Key:** 5795 · **BDB:** עֵז²

### Glosses

of.goats (41); goats (7); goat.hair(s) (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

she-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5795/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. she-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5795/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Gn 15:9 she-goat;—abs. ע׳ Gn 15:9 + 6 times; pl. עִזִּים 27:9 + 65 times; sf. עִזֶּיךָ 31:38;— as property Gn 30:22, 33, 35 (J), 31:38 (E), 1 S 25:2. as food: עִזִּים (גְּדִי) גְּדָיֵי kid(s) of she-goats Gn 27:9, 16 (J) + 7 times, שְׂעִיר עִזּים 37:31 (J) a buck of goats, he-goat, שֵׂה עִזִּים Dt 14:4 a(n individual) goat; cf. Lv 7:23 (P; fat forbidden); also חֲלֵב ע׳ Pr 27:27 goats’ milk. as sacrificial victim, chiefly P: in gen. Lv 22:27 (H), Nu 15:11. in בְּרִית Gn 15:9 (JE; cf. v 18). פֶּסַח Ex 12:5 (שֶׂה), בְּנֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 35:7. עוֹלָה Lv 22:19 (H), 1:10 Nu 28:30 (שְׂעִיר ע׳). זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים Lv 3:12; 17:3 (H; cf. v 5), אִשֶּׁה Nu 18:17 (בְּכוֹר ע׳). f. חַטָּאת, שְׂעִיר ע׳ Ez 43:22; 45:23 Lv 4:23 + 3 times Lv, Nu 7:16 + 19 times Nu; שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים a single she-goat Lv 4:28; 5:6; צְפִירֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 29:21 he-goats. עִזִּים = goats’ hair, as material 1 S 19:13, 16 Ex 25:4 + 6 times P (35:26 obj. of טָווּ!). in sim. חֲשִׂפֵי עִזִּים 1 K 20:27 (v. \[חָשִׂיף\]); כְּעֵדֶר הָע׳ Ct 4:1; 6:5, of flowing, undulating hair. צְפִיר הָע׳ Dn 8:5, 8 he-goat in vision.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5795/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.16/)

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שְׂעִיר־עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד לְחַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* a.male.goat of.goats one to a.sin.offering

*JPS 1917:* one male of the goats for a sin-offering;

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[Numbers 7:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.22/)

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שְׂעִיר־עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד לְחַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* a.male.goat of.goats one to a.sin.offering

*JPS 1917:* one male of the goats for a sin-offering;

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