H6841 H6841
male goats, he-goats
This Aramaic plural noun appears in Ezra's account of the temple dedication, listing the sacrificial animals offered. The term specifies male goats, distinguishing them from female goats or other livestock. Ezra 6:17 records that during the dedication ceremonies, along with bulls and rams, they offered male goats as sin offerings for all Israel. The Aramaic vocabulary in Ezra reflects the bilingual nature of the post-exilic community and the imperial context in which the temple rebuilding occurred.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Aramaic term for male goats or he-goats, used in Ezra 6:17 in the list of animals sacrificed at the second temple's dedication. These male goats served as sin offerings, twelve in number corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel. 1×
AR["وَ-تُيُوس"]·ben["আর-ছাগল"]·DE["[וצפירי]"]·EN["and-male-goats"]·FR["[וצפירי]"]·heb["ו-צפירי"]·HI["और"]·ID["dan-kambing-jantan"]·IT["[וצפירי]"]·jav["lan-wedhus-cempe-jaler"]·KO["그리고-숙염소들"]·PT["e-bodes"]·RU["и-козлов"]·ES["y-machos-cabríos"]·SW["na-mbuzi-dume"]·TR["ve-erkek-keciler"]·urd["اور-بکرے"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [צְפִיר] n.m. he-goat (v. BH V. צפר);—pl. cstr. צְפִירֵי עִזִּין Ezr 6:17.