שְׂעִ֣יר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שְׂעִ֣יר

   se-EER

   goat of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֵ֣ת שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את

   ve-ET se-EER ha-kha-TAT

   and goat of the sin offering
3. clause🔊 וְאֵת֩ פַּ֨ר הֽ͏ַחַטָּ֜את וְאֵ֣ת שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוּבָ֤א אֶת־דָּמָם֙ לְכַפֵּ֣ר בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁ יוֹצִ֖יא אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה

   ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ve-ET se-EER ha-kha-TAT a-SHER hu-VA et-da-MAM le-ka-PER ba-KO-desh yo-TSEE el-mee-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH

   and bull of the sin offering and goat of the sin offering which was brought in their blood to make atonement in the Holy Place bring out outside of the camp
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵת֩ פַּ֨ר הֽ͏ַחַטָּ֜את וְאֵ֣ת שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוּבָ֤א אֶת־דָּמָם֙ לְכַפֵּ֣ר בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁ יוֹצִ֖יא אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְשָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ אֶת־עֹרֹתָ֥ם וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם וְאֶת־פִּרְשָֽׁם׃

   ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ve-ET se-EER ha-kha-TAT a-SHER hu-VA et-da-MAM le-ka-PER ba-KO-desh yo-TSEE el-mee-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH ve-sar-FU ba-ESH et-o-ro-TAM ve-et-be-sa-RAM ve-et-pir-SHAM

   and bull of the sin offering and goat of the sin offering which was brought in their blood to make atonement in the Holy Place bring out outside of the camp burn in the fire their skins and their flesh and their dung

Exegesis

The coordinated pair ve’et par hachattat {וְאֵת־פַּר־הַחַטָּאת | vә-ʾêt par ha-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾṯ} ‘and the bull of the sin offering’ and ve’et se’ir hachattat {וְאֵת־שְׂעִיר־הַחַטָּאת | vә-ʾêt sə-ʿîr ha-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾṯ} ‘and the goat of the sin offering’ serve as the objects of the ritual directives, unified by the repeated vav + et construction to convey totality.

Root and etymology

s-ʿ-r🔊 ש־ע־רshin-ayin-resh

“he-goat”

• 🔊 שֵׂעָרse’arhairGenesis 25:25