H6842 H6842
Male goat, he-goat; used in sacrificial offerings and as a symbol of power in Daniel's visions.
A male goat or he-goat, appearing in both ritual and apocalyptic contexts. In Daniel's vision, the tsaphir is the prominent he-goat that charges from the west without touching the ground, symbolizing Alexander the Great and the Greek empire (Dan 8:5, 8, 21). In cultic usage, the word denotes he-goats brought for sin offerings and temple rededication (2 Chr 29:21; Ezra 8:35). Spanish 'macho cabrío' and French 'bouc' both capture the masculine specificity of this term, distinguishing it from the more generic words for goat.
Senses
1. male goat, he-goat — A male goat or he-goat, used in both prophetic-symbolic and sacrificial-ritual contexts. In Daniel 8, the tsaphir is the conspicuous he-goat from the west — identified explicitly as the king of Greece (Dan 8:21) — whose great horn is broken and replaced by four. Spanish 'macho cabrío' and French 'bouc' both emphasize the masculine gender of the animal. In the cultic sphere, the plural construct tsephirei izzim denotes he-goats brought for sin offerings during Hezekiah's temple rededication (2 Chr 29:21) and Ezra's post-exilic return (Ezra 8:35). The word is distinctly late Biblical Hebrew, appearing only in Chronicles, Ezra, and Daniel. 6×
AR["تَيْسُ-", "تُيُوس-", "وَ-التَّيْسُ", "وَ-تَيْسُ", "وَ-تُيُوسَ"]·ben["এবং-ছাগল", "এবং-ছাগলটির", "ও-ছাগল", "ছাগল", "ছাগল-"]·DE["[והצפיר]", "[וצפיר]", "[וצפירי]", "[צפיר]", "[צפירי]"]·EN["a-male-goat-", "and-male-goat-of", "and-male-goats-of", "and-the-male-goat", "male-goats-for"]·FR["[וצפירי]", "[צפירי]", "bouc", "et-bouc"]·heb["ו-ה-צפיר", "ו-צפירי", "ו-שעיר", "צפירי", "שעיר"]·HI["और-बकरा", "और-बकरे", "और-बक्रोन", "बकरा-"]·ID["Dan-kambing-jantan", "dan-kambing-jantan", "kambing-jantan"]·IT["[והצפיר]", "[וצפיר]", "[וצפירי]", "[צפיר]", "[צפירי]"]·jav["cempening-wedhus-jaler", "lan-wedhus-jaler", "lan-wedhus-jaler-punika", "wedhus-jaler"]·KO["그리고-수염소들", "그리고-숙염소-", "그리고-숙염소-는", "그리고-숙염소-에게", "숙염소-", "숫염소들"]·PT["E-o-bode", "E-o-bode-de", "bodes-de", "e-bodes-de", "e-o-bode", "um-bode-"]·RU["и-козлов", "и-козёл", "и-у-козла", "козлов", "козёл-"]·ES["Y-el-macho-cabrío", "Y-macho-cabrío-de", "macho-cabrío-", "machos-cabríos", "y-el-macho-cabrío", "y-machos-cabríos"]·SW["Na-beberu", "beberu-", "mbuzi-dume", "na-beberu", "na-mbuzi-"]·TR["teke-", "tekeler", "ve-teke", "ve-tekeler-"]·urd["اور-بکرا", "اور-بکرے", "اور-بکرے-کا", "بکرا", "بکرے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צָפִיר n.m. he-goat (late);—abs. צ׳ Dn 8:5, 21; cstr. צְפִיר הָעִזִּים v 5, 8 (all in vision, symbol. of Alex.); pl. cstr. (lit.) צְפִירֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 29:21, צְפִירֵי חַטָּאת Ezr 8:35 he-goats for a sin-offering.