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title: תַּיִשׁ — he-goat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּיִשׁ (8495), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: he-goat. BDB 1906: n.m. he-goat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּיִשׁ

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«תַּיִשׁ» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8495 · **BDB:** תַּ֫יִשׁ

### Glosses

male.goats (2); a.male.goat (1); goats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8495/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. he-goat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8495/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. he-goat (NH id.; Arabic تَيْسٌ, Aramaic תְּיָשָׁא, תֵּישָׁא, ܬܳܝܫܳܐ id.; √ unknown);—abs. תָּ֑יִשׁ Pr 30:31; pl. תְּיֽשִׁים Gn 30:35 (J), 32:15 (E; + עִזִּים she-goats), 2 Ch 17:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8495/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.31/)

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זַרְזִ֣יר מָתְנַ֣יִם אוֹ־תָ֑יִשׁ וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְ אַלְק֥וּם עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.rooster of.loins or a.male.goat and a.king \[who\].a.band.of.soldiers \[is\].with him

*JPS 1917:* The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.

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[Genesis 32:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.15/)

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עִזִּ֣ים מָאתַ֔יִם וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֑ים רְחֵלִ֥ים מָאתַ֖יִם וְאֵילִ֥ים עֶשְׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* female.goats two.hundred and male.goats twenty ewes two.hundred and rams twenty

*JPS 1917:* two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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