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title: עֲזָאזֵל — entire removal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲזָאזֵל (5799), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: entire removal. BDB 1906: entire removal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲזָאזֵל

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«עֲזָאזֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entire removal** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5799 · **BDB:** עֲזָאזֵל

### Glosses

escape.goat (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entire removal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5799/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

entire removal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5799/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] entire removal (redupl. intens. (Ges§ 30 n. Sta§ 124 a), abstr., √ \[עזל\] = Arabic عزل remove, v. BährSymb. ii. 668 Win ii. 659 ff. Me in SchenkelBL. i. 256; \> most, n.pr. of spirit haunting desert, Thes Di Dr Hastings, DB \[a fallen angel, Lv 16:8 ff. being late, according to CheZAW xv (1895), 153 ff., Ency. Bib., who der. from עזז־אל; cf. BenzEncy. Bib.\], as in Jewish angelology, where prob. based on interpret. of Lv 16:8 ff.; name not elsewhere);—ע׳ Lv 16:8, 10(×2), 26 in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symb. of entire forgiveness.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲזָאזֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5799/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.8/)

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וְנָתַ֧ן אַהֲרֹ֛ן עַל־שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם גּוֹרָל֑וֹת גּוֹרָ֤ל אֶחָד֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְגוֹרָ֥ל אֶחָ֖ד לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.put Aaron on the.two the.male goats lots a.lot one for Yahweh and a.lot one for.\[the\] escape.goat

*JPS 1917:* And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for Azazel.

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[Leviticus 16:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.26/)

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וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר֙ לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל יְכַבֵּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֔יו וְרָחַ֥ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּ֑יִם וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֖ן יָב֥וֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.\[one who\].lets.go (et) the.male goat to.\[the\] escape.goat he.will.wash garments his and he.will.wash (et) body his with (the) water and after thus he.will.come into the camp

*JPS 1917:* And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

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