H1423 H1423
A young goat or kid, often specified as 'a kid of the goats'; used in sacrifice, food, and pastoral life
The standard Hebrew term for a young goat, almost always appearing in the fuller phrase gedi izzim ('kid of the goats'). It features in three of the Bible's most memorable scenes: Rebekah disguises Jacob with the skins of kids to deceive Isaac (Gen 27:9, 16), Judah pledges a kid as payment to Tamar (Gen 38:17-23), and the threefold dietary law forbids boiling a kid in its mother's milk (Exod 23:19; 34:26; Deut 14:21). The kid also serves as a sacrificial offering (Judg 6:19; 13:15, 19) and as a gift (1 Sam 16:20). Spanish 'cabrito' and German 'Ziegenböcklein' both evoke the young, tender animal at the heart of pastoral and culinary life.
Senses
1. young goat, kid — A young goat or kid (גְּדִי), typically specified as 'a kid of the goats' (gedi izzim). It appears across diverse contexts: as a pastoral and culinary item in the patriarchal narratives (Gen 27:9, 16; 38:17, 20, 23), as the subject of the thrice-repeated dietary prohibition against boiling a kid in its mother's milk (Exod 23:19; 34:26; Deut 14:21), and as an offering brought before the Lord (Judg 6:19; 13:15, 19; 1 Sam 16:20). Samson's visit to his wife with a kid (Judg 15:1) and the comparison to a lion-slaying feat (Judg 14:6) complete the picture of an everyday animal laden with narrative significance. 16×
AR["الْ-جَدْيَ", "الْجَدْيِ", "بِ-جَدْيِ", "جَدياً", "جَديَ", "جَديَي", "جَدْيًا", "جَدْيَ", "جَدْيَ-", "جِدْيَانٍ", "وَ-جَدْيَ"]·ben["-ছাগল", "এবং-ছাগল-ছানা", "ছাগল", "ছাগল-", "ছাগল-নিয়ে", "ছাগলছানা", "ছাগলের", "ছাগলের-", "ছাগলের-বাচ্চা", "ছাগলের-বাচ্চার", "সেই-ছাগলের"]·DE["Ziegenböcklein", "[גדי]", "das-Böcklein", "der-Ziegenböcklein", "der-kid", "ein-Böcklein", "ein-jung-Ziege", "ein-kid-von-", "jung-Ziegen", "kid-von", "mit-kid-von", "und-ein-kid-von"]·EN["a-kid-of", "a-kid-of-", "a-young-goat", "and-a-kid-of", "kid", "kid-of", "kids-of", "the-kid", "with-kid-of", "young-goats"]·FR["[גדי]", "avec-kid-de", "chevreau-de", "et-un-kid-de", "jeune-chèvres", "kid-de", "kids-de", "le-chevreau", "le-kid", "un-chevreau", "un-chevreau-de", "un-jeune-bouc", "un-jeune-chèvre", "un-kid-de-"]·heb["ב-גדי", "גְּדָיִים", "גדי", "גדיי", "ה-גדי", "ו-גדי"]·HI["और-बचच", "बकरियाँ", "बकरी", "बकरी-", "बकरी-का-बच्चा", "बकरे", "बकरे-के-बच्चे-से", "बकरों-के"]·ID["anak", "anak kambing", "anak-kambing", "dan-seekor-anak", "dengan-anak-kambing"]·IT["[גדי]", "con-kid-di", "e-un-kid-di", "giovane-capre", "il-kid", "kid-di", "kids-di", "un-giovane-capro", "un-kid-di", "un-kid-di-"]·jav["anak", "cempe", "cempé", "cempé-", "cèmpe", "cèmphè", "kaliyan-cémpe", "lan-cempe"]·KO["그-염소 새끼", "그리고-새끼-염소", "새끼-염소들", "새끼-염소들의", "새끼-염소를", "새끼를", "에-얼소 새끼", "염소", "염소 새끼", "염소 새끼를", "염소-새끼를", "염소를", "염소새끼들을", "이-새끼를"]·PT["bode-de", "cabrito", "cabrito-de", "cabrito-de-", "cabritos", "cabritos-de", "com-cabrito-de", "e-cabrito-de", "o-bode", "o-cabrito"]·RU["и-козлёнка", "козлят", "козлёнка", "козлёнка-", "козлёнком", "с-козлёнком"]·ES["cabrito", "cabrito-de", "cabrito-de-", "cabritos", "cabritos-de", "con-cabrito-de", "el-cabrito", "un-cabrito", "y-cabrito-de"]·SW["kwa-mwana-mbuzi", "mbuzi", "mbuzi-mdogo", "mbuzi-mdogo-wa", "mbuzi-wadogo", "mwana-mbuzi", "mwana-mbuzi-wa-", "mwanakondoo", "na-mwana-mbuzi", "za-mbuzi-wadogo"]·TR["-ile-oğlak", "-oğlak", "oglak", "oğlak", "oğlak-", "oğlaklarını", "oğlaklarının", "oğlakı", "oğlağı", "ve-oğlak"]·urd["اور-بکری-کا-بچہ", "بکرا", "بکری", "بکری-کا-بچہ", "بکری-کے-بچے", "بکری-کے-بچے-کے-ساتھ", "بکریاں", "بکریوں-کی", "بکرے-اس"]
Gen 27:9, Gen 27:16, Gen 38:17, Gen 38:20, Gen 38:23, Exod 23:19, Exod 34:26, Deut 14:21, Judg 6:19, Judg 13:15, Judg 13:19, Judg 14:6 (+4 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גְּדִי n.m. Gn 27, 9 kid (NH id., Arabic جَدْىٌ Ph. גדא, Aramaic גַּדְיָא, ܓܰܕܝܳܐ; cf. Assyrian gadû, gadiia, Meissner ZA iv. 1889, 286 ZehnpfundBAS i. 505)—גְּדִי Gn 38:17 + 12 times (abs. Gn 38:23 +, & (generally) cstr. Gn 38:17 +); pl. גְּדָיִים 1 S 10:3, cstr. גְּדָיֵי Gn 27:9, 16;—kid, almost always ג׳ עִזִּים Gn 27:9, 16; 38:17, 20 Ju 6:19; 13:15, 19; 15:1 1 S 16:20; abs. Ex 23:19; 34:26…