Leviticus 16:7:3Lev.16.7.W3TAB
הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם
haseerim
“male goats”
- Transliteration
- ha-see-RIM
- Extended
- hah-seh-ee-RIM
- IPA
- /has.sə.ʕiːˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- male goats
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-see-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
et-SHNEE ha-see-RIM
- clause
veh-LA-kakh et-SHNEE ha-see-RIM
- sentence
veh-LA-kakh et-SHNEE ha-see-RIM veh-heh-eh-MEED o-TAM lif-NEH ye-ho-VAH PEH-takh OH-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The numeral shnei {שְׁנֵ֣י | šnē} ‘two’ appears in dual construct with ha-seʿîrîm {הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם | ha-seʿîrîm} ‘the goats’.
Root and etymology
s-ʿ-rs-ʿ-r
“he-goat, hairy one”
In context — Leviticus 16:7
Then he shall take the two goats and stand them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:7, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם (haseerim) 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.7.W3.S1) and character.