Leviticus 16:22:2Lev.16.22.W2TAB
הַשָּׂעִ֥יר
hasaeer
“the goat”
- Transliteration
- ha-sa-EER
- Extended
- hah-sah-EER
- IPA
- /ha.saˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the goat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-sa-EER
- phraseyour reading level
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV
- clause
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH
- sentence
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb ve-nasa {וְנָשָׂא | və-nā-śāʾ} “and he will carry,” with its subject ha-śā-ʿîr {הַשָּׂעִיר | ha-śā-ʿîr} “the goat.”
Root and etymology
ś-ʿ-rshin-ayin-resh
“hairy”
In context — Leviticus 16:22
And the goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities to a land of separation, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׂעִ֥יר (hasaeer) 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.16.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W2.S1) and character.