Leviticus 16:15:2Lev.16.15.W2TAB
אֶת־שְׂעִ֤יר
etseeer
“goat”
- Transliteration
- et-se-EER
- Extended
- et-seh-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.səˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- goat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-se-EER
- phraseyour reading level
et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT
- clause
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet ve-a-SAA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SAA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEH ha-ka-PO-ret
Root and etymology
RootShin Ayin Resh
“he-goat”
In context — Leviticus 16:15
And he shall slaughter the male goat of the sin offering which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the bull’s blood, and sprinkle it on the atonement cover and before the atonement cover.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׂעִ֤יר (etseeer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.16.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.15.W2.S1) and character.