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title: צָפִיר — he-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָפִיר (6842), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: he-goat. BDB 1906: n.m. he-goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָפִיר

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«צָפִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **he-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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6842 · **BDB:** צָפִיר

### Glosses

he-goat (2); he-goats (2); the.he-goat (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6842/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6842/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. he-goat (late);—abs. צ׳ Dn 8:5, 21; cstr. צְפִיר הָעִזִּים v 5, 8 (all in vision, symbol. of Alex.); pl. cstr. (lit.) צְפִירֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 29:21, צְפִירֵי חַטָּאת Ezr 8:35 he-goats for a sin-offering.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָפִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6842/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.21/)

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וְהַצָּפִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר מֶ֣לֶךְ יָוָ֑ן וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּין־עֵינָ֔יו ה֖וּא הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and the he-goat (the) hairy \[is\].the.king of.Greece and the horn (the) great which \[is\].between eyes its it \[is\].the king (the) first

*JPS 1917:* And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

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[Daniel 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.8/)

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וּצְפִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים הִגְדִּ֣יל עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וּכְעָצְמ֗וֹ נִשְׁבְּרָה֙ הַקֶּ֣רֶן הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֜נָה חָז֤וּת אַרְבַּע֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and the.he-goat of the.goats it.magnified.itself up.to muchness and just as it.became.mighty it.was.broken the horn (the) great and they.grew.up conspicuousness four in its.place to the.four the.winds of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* And the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly; and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up the appearance of four horns toward the four winds of heaven.

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