H8165b H8165b
Seir (place/personal name: Edomite territory and ancestor)
Seir refers primarily to the mountainous region south and east of the Dead Sea, homeland of Edom and Esau's descendants. The name may derive from a word meaning 'hairy' or 'goat,' playing on Esau's hairiness (Genesis 25:25; 27:11). Genesis 36:20-21 and 1 Chronicles 1:38 list Seir also as a personal name—a Horite chief and ancestor of the region's pre-Edomite inhabitants. The dual usage (person and place) is typical, with the territory named after its eponymous ancestor. Some scholars connect it to the Egyptian/Akkadian land of Šêri. The name carries both geographical and genealogical significance in tracing Edomite origins.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of a Horite ancestor whose descendants inhabited the land before Edomite conquest. Genesis 36:20-21 lists 'the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land,' then names Seir's seven sons who became tribal chiefs. 1 Chronicles 1:38 repeats this genealogy. The personal Seir gives his name to the mountain range and territory that later became Edom, creating the typical biblical pattern where person, clan, and geography share a name. 3×
AR["سِعير", "سِعِيرَ"]·ben["সেয়ীরের"]·DE["Seir", "Seirs"]·EN["Se'ir", "Seir"]·FR["Seir", "[שעיר]"]·heb["שעיר"]·HI["सेईर", "सेईर-के"]·ID["Seir"]·IT["Seir", "[שעיר]"]·jav["Séir"]·KO["세일", "세일의"]·PT["Se'ir"]·RU["Сеира"]·ES["Seir"]·SW["Seiri"]·TR["Seir'in"]·urd["سعیر", "سعیر-کے"]
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
† שֵׂעִיר n.pr. Sēʿîr (= שָׂעִיר goat? cf. GrayProp. N. 94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Gn 25:25, שָׂעִר 27:11, 23; NöZMG xl (1886), 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 cp. n.pr. mont. الاشعر (the ‘hairy,’ i.e. ‘well-wooded,’ cf. شَعَارٌ trees), n.pr.gent. (orig.n.pr.loc.) أَلَاشْعَرُ; LagBN 92 thinks שׂ׳ orig.n.pr.m., but land much earlier in OT; perhaps = TelAm. land Šêri, ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi…