she-goat; — absolute ׳ע Genesis 15:9 6t.; plural עַזִּים Genesis 27:9 65t.; suffix עִזֶּיךָ Genesis 31:38; —

1 as property Genesis 30:32,33,35 (J), Genesis 31:15,38 (E), 1 Samuel 25:2.

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

3 as sacrificial victim, chiefly P:

a. in General Leviticus 22:27 (H), Numbers 15:11.

b. in בְּרִית Genesis 15:9 (J E; compare Genesis 15:18).

c. מֶּסַח Exodus 12:5 (שֶׂה), בְּנֵי עִזִּים2Chronicles 35:7.

d. עוֺלָה Leviticus 22:19 (H), Leviticus 1:10; Numbers 28:30 (׳שְׂעִיר ע).

e. זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים Leviticus 3:12; Leviticus 17:3 (H; compare Leviticus 17:5), אִשֶּׁה Numbers 18:17 (׳בְּכוֺר ע).

f. חַטָּאת, ׳שְׂעִיר ע Ezekiel 43:22; Ezekiel 45:23; Leviticus 4:23 3t. Leviticus; Numbers 7:16 19t. Numbers; שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים a single she-goat Leviticus 4:28; Leviticus 5:6; עְפִרֵי זִּים2Chronicles 29:21 he-goats.

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

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

6 ׳צְפִיר הָע Du Songs 8:5,8 he-goat in vision.

ענז (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew ענז, עֵז).