Animals

שְׂעִיר He-goat (sa'ir)

Every verse in which this word stands — 59 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Land animalGematria 580×59 in TanakhKosherOffering speciesFirst appearance:

The sa'ir, the shaggy he-goat — the sin-offering goat, the two goats of Yom Kippur, the kid whose blood stained Yosef's coat. In Yeshayahu's desolations the same word is the se'irim that dance among the ruins, whose sense the tradition discusses; and the same letters write Se'ir the land, a separate entry not counted here.

Numbers 29:38במדבר כט:לח

וּשְׂעִיר חַטָּאת אֶחָד מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכָּֽהּ

and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Isaiah 13:21ישעיהו יג:כא

וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁם צִיִּים וּמָלְאוּ בָתֵּיהֶם אֹחִים וְשָׁכְנוּ שָׁם בְּנוֹת יַֽעֲנָה וּשְׂעִירִים יְרַקְּדוּ־שָֽׁם

But wild-cats shall lie there; And their houses shall be full of ferrets; And ostriches shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.

Isaiah 34:14ישעיהו לד:יד

וּפָגְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת־אִיִּים וְשָׂעִיר עַל־רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא אַךְ־שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנֽוֹחַ

And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, And the satyr shall cry to his fellow; Yea, the night-monster shall repose there, And shall find her a place of rest.

Ezekiel 43:22יחזקאל מג:כב

וּבַיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי תַּקְרִיב שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים תָּמִים לְחַטָּאת וְחִטְּאוּ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כַּאֲשֶׁר חִטְּאוּ בַּפָּֽר

And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock.

Ezekiel 43:25יחזקאל מג:כה

שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׂעִיר־חַטָּאת לַיּוֹם וּפַר בֶּן־בָּקָר וְאַיִל מִן־הַצֹּאן תְּמִימִים יַעֲשֽׂוּ

Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering; they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

Ezekiel 45:23יחזקאל מה:כג

וְשִׁבְעַת יְמֵֽי־הֶחָג יַעֲשֶׂה עוֹלָה לַֽיהוָה שִׁבְעַת פָּרִים וְשִׁבְעַת אֵילִים תְּמִימִם לַיּוֹם שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים וְחַטָּאת שְׂעִיר עִזִּים לַיּֽוֹם

And the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt-offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a he-goat daily for a sin-offering.

Daniel 8:21דניאל ח:כא

וְהַצָּפִיר הַשָּׂעִיר מֶלֶךְ יָוָן וְהַקֶּרֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּין־עֵינָיו הוּא הַמֶּלֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

2 Chronicles 11:15דברי הימים ב יא:טו

וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־לוֹ כֹּֽהֲנִים לַבָּמוֹת וְלַשְּׂעִירִים וְלָעֲגָלִים אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה

and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chronicles 29:23דברי הימים ב כט:כג

וַיַּגִּישׁוּ אֶת־שְׂעִירֵי הַֽחַטָּאת לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַקָּהָל וַיִּסְמְכוּ יְדֵיהֶם עֲלֵיהֶֽם

And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands upon them;

A spelling is not a word. The bare letters שעיר stand 51 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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