שָׂעִיר

Genesis 27:11 שָׂעִ֔ר hairy

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Here: Literally 'hairy', describing Esau's body. The word sounds almost the same as śāʿîr, 'goat' (literally 'hairy one'), and as Seir, the hill country where Esau's descendants, Edom, would live (32:3; 36:8). That sound links ahead to v. 16, where goatskins are used to fake Esau's hairiness.

Genesis 27:23 שְׂעִרֹ֑ת hairy

Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Genesis 37:31 שְׂעִ֣יר a male goat of

Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

Leviticus 4:23 שְׂעִ֥יר a male goat of

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

Here: Literally "hairy one," the standard word for a male goat. It names the kind of animal, not a young one.

Leviticus 4:24 הַשָּׂעִ֔יר the male goat

He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

Leviticus 9:3 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,

Leviticus 9:15 שְׂעִ֤יר [the] male goat of

Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.

Leviticus 10:16 שְׂעִ֣יר [the] male goat of

Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

Leviticus 16:5 שְׂעִירֵ֥י male goats of

And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 16:7 הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם the male goats

Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 16:8 הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם the male goats

After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,

Leviticus 16:9 הַשָּׂעִ֔יר the male goat

he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

Leviticus 16:10 וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר and the male goat

But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

Leviticus 16:15 שְׂעִ֤יר [the] male goat of

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Here: Literally 'the hairy one', a male goat. This is the goat that the lot marked 'for YHWH' (16:8–9), as opposed to the one sent away 'for Azazel'.

Leviticus 16:18 הַשָּׂעִ֔יר the male goat

Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

Leviticus 16:20 הַשָּׂעִ֥יר the male goat

When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.

Leviticus 16:21 הַשָּׂעִיר֮ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר the male goat

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

Here: 'The male goat.' This is the second of two goats chosen by lot (v. 8), the one marked 'for Azazel'. The same word can also mean the goat-shaped wilderness beings of Lev 17:7, which gives the wilderness setting an undertone.

Leviticus 16:22 הַשָּׂעִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר the male goat

The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.

Leviticus 16:26 הַשָּׂעִיר֙ the male goat

The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

Leviticus 16:27 שְׂעִ֣יר [the] male goat of

The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

Leviticus 17:7 לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם to the goat idols

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

Here: 'To the hairy ones.' The ordinary word for a male goat (from se'ar, 'hair'), used here for goat-shaped spirits believed to haunt the open country and wilderness, or images of them. Ironically, the same word names the goats Israel was to bring to the LORD (Lev 16:5).

Leviticus 23:19 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

Numbers 7:16 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:22 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:28 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:34 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:40 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:46 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:52 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Here: A male goat. The word comes from the root for 'hair' (the same word describes hairy Esau in Gen 27:11), so it pictures the shaggy buck of the flock. Unlike the lamb in v. 51, no age is given.

Numbers 7:58 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:64 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:70 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Here: A full-grown male goat, named for its shaggy coat. It is the same animal Leviticus 4:23 requires when a tribal leader brings a purification offering, which fits the giver here, Ahiezer, leader of the tribe of Dan.

Numbers 7:76 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:82 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:87 וּשְׂעִירֵ֥י and male goats of

All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old—together with their grain offerings—and twelve male goats for the sin offering.

Numbers 15:24 וּשְׂעִיר־ and a male goat of

and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:15 וּשְׂעִ֨יר and a male goat of

In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:22 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

Numbers 28:30 שְׂעִ֥יר a male goat of

Include one male goat to make atonement for you.

Numbers 29:5 וּשְׂעִיר־ and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

Numbers 29:11 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.

Numbers 29:16 וּשְׂעִיר־ and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:19 וּשְׂעִיר־ and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:22 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:25 וּשְׂעִיר־ and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:28 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:31 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:34 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:38 וּשְׂעִ֥יר and a male goat of

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

2 Chronicles 11:15 וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים and for the goats

And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

2 Chronicles 29:23 שְׂעִירֵ֣י [the] goats of

Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

Isaiah 13:21 וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים and goats

But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

Isaiah 34:14 וְשָׂעִ֖יר and goat

The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

Ezekiel 43:22 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.

Here: A male goat. The word is related to the word for 'hair,' so it means something like 'shaggy one.' It names the standard purification-offering animal of the Torah (Lev 4:23; Lev 16; Num 7; Num 28–29). It does not specify a young animal.

Ezekiel 43:25 שְׂעִיר־ a male goat of

For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.

Here: A male goat, named after its shaggy coat. Male goats are the usual purification offering for a tribal leader (Lev 4:23) and for the nation at festivals and on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16).

Ezekiel 45:23 שְׂעִ֥יר a male goat of

Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.

Daniel 8:21 הַשָּׂעִ֖יר <the> hairy

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.