1. male goat, he-goat — A noun (tsaphir) denoting a male goat or he-goat, used in ritual and prophetic contexts. Appears in singular (Dan 8:5,8,21 — the prominent male goat in Daniel's vision; 2 Chr 29:21) and plural construct (Ezra 8:35; 2 Chr 29:21 — 'male goats for'). Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'male goat(s)', spa 'macho(s) cabrío(s)', hin बकरा/बक्रोन, arb التَّيْسُ/تُيُوسَ, kor 숙염소/숫염소들, swa 'beberu/mbuzi'. The singular vs. plural distinction is grammatical number, not a separate lexicographic sense. 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"]
Senses
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.