Leviticus 16:22:8Lev.16.22.W8TAB
אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֖יר
ethasaeer
“the goat”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-sa-EER
- Extended
- eht-hah-sah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.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-ha-sa-EER
- phraseyour reading level
veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER
- clause
veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
- 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 direct object ʾet-ha-śā-ʿîr {אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר | ʾet-ha-śā-ʿîr} resumes the scapegoat theme, and the final prepositional phrase ba-mīd-bār {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mīd-bār} “in the wilderness” indicates geographic and symbolic removal. The Hebrew sequence underscores substitutionary atonement and physical exile, rendered in English with parallel clauses preserving cause-and-effect and emphasis on complete transfer and release.
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 16:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֖יר (ethasaeer) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W8.S1) and character.