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title: שֵׂעִיר — Seir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׂעִיר (lemma:שֵׂעִיר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Seir. BDB 1906: n.pr. Sēʿîr terr. mont. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׂעִיר

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«שֵׂעִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Seir** — 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:** lemma:שֵׂעִיר · **BDB:** שֵׂעִיר

### Glosses

of.Seir (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Seir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c2_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. Sēʿîr terr. mont. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c2_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Sēʿîr (= שָׂעִיר goat? cf. GrayProp. N. 94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Gn 25:25, שָׂעִר 27:11, 23; NöZMG xl (1886), 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 cp. n.pr. mont. الاشعر (the ‘hairy,’ i.e. ‘well-wooded,’ cf. شَعَارٌ trees), n.pr.gent. (orig.n.pr.loc.) أَلَاشْعَرُ; LagBN 92 thinks שׂ׳ orig.n.pr.m., but land much earlier in OT; perhaps = TelAm. land Šêri, ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi (1892), 114 WklTelAm. 181, 26 BuhlEdom. 28 f.);— Σηειρ: terr. land of Edom, S. of Dead Sea, אַ֫רְצָה שׂ׳ Gn 32:4 (J; ‖ שְׂדֵה אֱדוֹם), cf. 36:30 (P); שׂ׳ alone Ju 5:4 (poem; ‖ id.), Nu 24:18 (JE; ‖ אֱדוֹם), Dt 1:44; 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; 33:2 Jos 11:17 (D), Is 21:11 2 Ch 20:23b; c. ה loc. שֵׂעִ֫ירָה Gn 33:14, 16 (J), Jos 12:7 (D). specif. mont. E. of Arabah, הַר־שׂ׳ Jos 24:4 (E), Gn 36:8, 9 (P), Dt 1:2; 2:1, 5 Ez 35:2, 3, 7, 15 1 Ch 4:42; 2 Ch 20:10, 22, 23; cf. הַרֲרָם שׂ׳ Gn 14:6 (home of הַחֹרִי; on text v. BuhlEdom. 28 Gunk Gn). gent. Ez 25:8 = Edom \[van d. H. שׁ׳\]; but del. 𝔊B Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae. personif. as m. in בְּנֵי־שׂ׳ (v. חֹרִי p. 360; cf. Gn 14:6) Gn 36:20 = 1 Ch 1:38, Gn 36:21 (P; + בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם); = Edomites 2 Ch 25:11, 14 (‖ אֱדוֹמִים). mont. in Judah, הַר־שׂ׳ Jos 15:10 (P), Ασσαρ, A Σηειρ, 𝔊L Σιειρ; Di BuhlG. 91 al. cp. hill-ruin Sâtrîs c. 9 miles W. of Jerus. (RobBR iii. 156).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׂעִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c2_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.20/)

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אֵ֤לֶּה בְנֵֽי־שֵׂעִיר֙ הַחֹרִ֔י יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ לוֹטָ֥ן וְשׁוֹבָ֖ל וְצִבְע֥וֹן וַעֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.sons of.Seir the Horite the.inhabitants of the.land Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah

*JPS 1917:* These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,

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[Genesis 36:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.21/)

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וְדִשׁ֥וֹן וְאֵ֖צֶר וְדִישָׁ֑ן אֵ֣לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֧י הַחֹרִ֛י בְּנֵ֥י שֵׂעִ֖יר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan these \[were\].the.chiefs of the.Horite\[s\] the.sons of.Seir in the.land of.Edom

*JPS 1917:* and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

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