Animals

שֵׂעִֽירָה She-goat (se'irah)

Every verse in which this word stands — 2 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 585×2 in TanakhKosherOffering speciesFirst appearance:

The se'irat izim, the female goat of the individual's sin offering in Vayikra 4.

Leviticus 4:28ויקרא ד:כח

אוֹ הוֹדַע אֵלָיו חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא וְהֵבִיא קָרְבָּנוֹ שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים תְּמִימָה נְקֵבָה עַל־חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָֽא

if his sin, which he hath sinned, be known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

Leviticus 5:6ויקרא ה:ו

וְהֵבִיא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ לַיהוָה עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא נְקֵבָה מִן־הַצֹּאן כִּשְׂבָּה אֽוֹ־שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים לְחַטָּאת וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן מֵחַטָּאתֽוֹ

and he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.

Quick answers

What is the Hebrew word for she-goat?

She-goat in Hebrew is שעירה, with a gematria of 585 in the standard method.

How many times is the she-goat mentioned in the Tanakh?

The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 4:28.

A spelling is not a word. The bare letters שעירה stand 3 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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