Leviticus 16:20:8Lev.16.20.W8TAB
אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֥יר
ethahsaaeer
“the goat”
- Transliteration
- et-hah-saa-EER
- Extended
- eht-hah-saa-EER
- IPA
- /ʔet.ha.saˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-hah-saa-EER
- phraseyour reading level
et-hah-saa-EER heh-KHAI
- clause
veh-hee-KREEV et-hah-saa-EER heh-KHAI
- sentence
veh-kih-LAA mih-kah-PEHR et-hah-KOH-desh veh-et-OH-hel mo-ED veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh veh-hee-KREEV et-hah-saa-EER heh-KHAI
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ve-hikriv {וְהִקְרִ֖יב | wə-hik-rîv} ‘and he shall bring near’, a Hiphil imperfect indicating causation, followed by et-ha-sair {אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֥יר | ʼet-ha-sa-ʼîr} and he-chai {הֶחָֽי | he-ḥāy} forming the noun phrase ‘the living goat’. The orderly use of vav-consecutives and infinitive constructs structures the Day of Atonement ritual as a clear liturgical progression.
Root and etymology
s-ʿ-rs-ʿ-r
“male goat; scapegoat”
In context — Leviticus 16:20
And when he has finished making atonement for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֥יר (ethahsaaeer) 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.16.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.20.W8.S1) and character.