עֵז
ʻêz · H5796 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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she-goat
A fairly small, female domestic animal, usually black and with floppy ears, hooves and relatively short hair, and usually found in one single flock with sheep; raised for its milk, meat, and skin; a clean animal and therefore to be eaten
ExamplesEzra 6:17 They offered for the dedication of this temple of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צְפִירhe 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- גְּדִי gᵉdîy · H1423 · young male goat
- A distinct Hebrew term specifically denoting a young goat or kid, overlapping in reference with עֵז but emphasizing the youth/size of the animal rather than being a simple synonym.
- צָפִיר tsâphîyr · H6842 · he-goat
- Hebrew term for a male goat, distinct from עֵז but referring to the same species with specification of gender.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔριφος ériphos · G2056 · kid, he-goat, goat
- The standard Greek term for a young goat or kid, the natural translation equivalent for Hebrew עֵז when referring to a goat in sacrificial or domestic contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- Ezra 6:17 recounts that the dedication offerings included “a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.”
- Cloth001002005003
- This Cloth code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “goat's hair” sense; this word's own occurrence describes male goats offered as a sin offering, never cloth woven from goat hair.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5796. ez [עֵז] noun [feminine] (she-)goat; — plural עִזִּין Ezr 6:17.
[עֵז] noun [feminine] (she-)goat; — plural עִזִּין Ezr 6:17.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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