H8166 שְׂעִירָה (sᵉʻîyrâh) seh-ee-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

female goat

Strong's Definition

a she-goat

Derivation: feminine of H8163 (שָׂעִיר);

KJV Usage: kid.

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) she-goat

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂעִירָה (se.i.rah) — female goat. she-goat

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׂעִירָה (H8166 · H8167)

noun f · שָׂעִיר · שֵׂעָר · שַׂעֲרָה · שְׂעֹרָה · שֵׂעִיר

Domestic Animals

(shaggy) she-goat = a fairly small, female domestic animal, usually black and with floppy ears, hooves and long hair, and usually found in one single flock with sheep; ► raised for its hair, occasionally used for sacrifices; a clean animal and therefore to be eaten

LEV 4:28 · LEV 5:6

name

Names of Locations

Seirah = town; ◄ territory of Benjamin; ► the place Ehud escaped to after he killed Eglon, the king of Moab

JDG 3:26

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שְׂעִירָה] n.f. she-goat base

Bible Occurrences (2)

4:28 5:6

Leviticus 4:28

When he becomes aware... of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat... as his offering for that sin.......

Leviticus 5:6

and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat... from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.