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title: שְׂעִירָה — she-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂעִירָה (8166), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: she-goat. BDB 1906: n.f. she-goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂעִירָה

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«שְׂעִירָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8166 · **BDB:** שְׂעִירָה

### Glosses

a.female.goat (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

she-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8166/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. she-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8166/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. she-goat;—cstr. שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים (lit. hairy female of goats) Lv 4:28; 5:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂעִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8166/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 4:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.28/)

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א֚וֹ הוֹדַ֣ע אֵלָ֔יו חַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א וְהֵבִ֨יא קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ שְׂעִירַ֤ת עִזִּים֙ תְּמִימָ֣ה נְקֵבָ֔ה עַל־חַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽא׃

*Word for word:* or it.has.been.made.known to him sin his which he.has.sinned and he.will.bring present his a.female.goat of.goats unblemished a.female on sin his which he.has.sinned

*JPS 1917:* if his sin, which he hath sinned, be known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

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[Leviticus 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.6/)

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וְהֵבִ֣יא אֶת־אֲשָׁמ֣וֹ לַיהוָ֡ה עַ֣ל חַטָּאתוֹ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטָ֜א נְקֵבָ֨ה מִן־הַצֹּ֥אן כִּשְׂבָּ֛ה אֽוֹ־שְׂעִירַ֥ת עִזִּ֖ים לְחַטָּ֑את וְכִפֶּ֥ר עָלָ֛יו הַכֹּהֵ֖ן מֵחַטָּאתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.bring (et) offering his.guilt to Yahweh on sin his which he.has.sinned a.female from the flock a.ewe.lamb or a.female.goat of.goats to a.sin.offering and he.will.make.atonement on him the priest from sin his

*JPS 1917:* and he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.

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