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title: שֶׂה — one of a flock · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׂה (7716), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: one of a flock. BDB 1906: n.m. goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׂה

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«שֶׂה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **one of a flock** — 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:** 47 times · **Key:** 7716 · **BDB:** שֶׂה

### Glosses

a.sheep (22); sheep (11); a.lamb (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

one of a flock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7716/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7716/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 30:32 and (less often) f. Je 50:17 one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) (Assyrian šuʾu, Arabic شَاةٌ, pl. شَآءٌ, شِوَاهٌ, etc. (also wild ox), cf. Egyptian sau, sheep Bondi65, cf. Id.Ba NB § 2 b δ);—abs. שֶׂה Gn 30:32 +, cstr. שֵׂה Is 43:23 +; sf. שֵׂיוֹ Dt 22:1, שְׂיֵ֫הוּ 1 S 14:34; not in pl.;— a sheep, or goat, nom. unit. of צֹאן: as property Gn 30:32(×2) (E; + צֹאן coll., כְּשָׂבִים, עִזִּים), Ex 21:37(×2) (+ שׁוֹר, צֹאן coll.), 22:3 (+ שׁוֹר, חֲמוֹר), v 8 (id.), v 9 (id.; all E); Dt 22:1 (+ שׁוֹר), 1 S 17:34 (זה Kt van d. H. erron., v. Baer Dr), roaming pasture Is 7:25, straying ψ 119:176 (sim.), slaughtered Is 53:7 (in sim.); + שׁוֹר, חֲמוֹר Ju 6:4; 1 S 22:19; Jos 6:21 (J), + id. + גָּמָל 1 S 15:3; as sacrifice Gn 22:7, 8 (J), Ex 13:13; Lv 5:12; 12:8; Nu 15:11 (שׂ׳ בַּכְּבָשִׂים אוֹ בָּעִזִּים; all P), Dt 18:3 (+ שׁוֹר), Is 43:23; 66:3 (+ שׁוֹר), מִן־הַצֹּאן Ez 45:15; cf. Ex 34:19 (+ שׁוֹר), v 20 (J), Lv 27:26 (P; + שׁוֹר); fit for sacrifice Lv 22:28 (H); unfit v 23 (H), Dt 17:1 (both + שׁוֹר); as food 1 S 14:34 (+ שׁוֹר), שׂ׳ כְּשָׂבִים וְשׂ׳ עִזִּים Dt 14:4 (+ id.); for passover Ex 12:3(×2), 4(×2), 5 (P); fig. of Isr. Ez 34:17(×2) (‖ אֵילִים, עַתּוּדִים), v 20(×2), 22(×2). coll. flock: שֶׂה פְזוּרָה Je 50:17 (= צֹאן אֹבְדוֹת v 6).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7716/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.4/)

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זֹ֥את הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ שׁ֕וֹר שֵׂ֥ה כְשָׂבִ֖ים וְשֵׂ֥ה עִזִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the animal which you.will.eat an.ox an.animal of.young.rams and an.animal of.goats

*JPS 1917:* These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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[Psalms 119:176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.176/)

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תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּשֶׂ֣ה אֹ֭בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.gone.astray like a.sheep lost seek servant your (dm) commandments your not I.have.forgotten

*JPS 1917:* I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.

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