BDB6220 [H5795]

עֵז₇₄ noun feminine^{Gen 15:9} she-goat; — absolute ׳ע Gen 15:9 + 6 t.; plural עַזִּים Gen 27:9 + 65 t.; suffix עִזֶּיךָ Gen 31:38 —

1. as property Gen 30:32; Gen 30:33; Gen 30:35 (J), Gen 31:15; Gen 31:38 (E), 1Sam 25:2.

2. as food: גְּדָיֵי (גְּדִי) עִזִּים kid(s) of she-goats Gen 27:9; Gen 27:16 (J) + 7 t., שְׂעִיר עִזִּים Gen 37:31 (J) a buck of goats, he-goat, שֵׂה עִזִּים Deut 14:4 a (n individual) goat; compare Lev 7:23 (P; fat forbidden); also ׳חֲלֵב ע Prov 27:27 goats' milk.

3. as sacrificial victim, chiefly P:
\ \ a. in general Lev 22:27 (H), Num 15:11.
\ \ b. in בְּרִית Gen 15:9 (J E; compare vGen 15:18).
\ \ c. פֶּסַח Exod 12:5 (שֶׂה), בְּנֵי עִזִּים 2Chr 35:7.
\ \ d. עוֺלָה Lev 22:19 (H), Lev 1:10; Num 28:30 (׳שְׂעִיר ע).
\ \ e. זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים Lev 3:12; Lev 17:3 (H; compare vLev 17:5), אִשֶּׁה Num 18:17 (׳בְּכוֺר ע). feminine חַטָּאת, ׳שְׂעִיר ע Ezek 43:22; Ezek 45:23; Lev 4:23 + 3 t. Leviticus; Num 7:16 + 19 t. Numbers; שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים a single she-goat Lev 4:28; Lev 5:6 עְפִרֵי זִּים 2Chr 29:21 he-goats.

4. עִזִּים = goats' hair, as material 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:16; Exod 25:4 + 6 t. P (Exod 35:26 object of טָווּ!).

5. in simile חֲשַׂפֵי עִזִּים 1Kgs 20:27 (see [ חָשִׂיף]); ׳כְּעֵדַר הָע Song 4:1; Song 6:5, of flowing, undulating hair.

6. ׳צְפִיר הָע Du Song 8:5; Song 8:8 he-goat in vision.

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