Genesis 37:31:5Gen.37.31.W5PAT

שְׂעִ֣יר

seir

male goat

Transliteration
se-IR
Extended
seh-EER
IPA
/səˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
male goat
French
bouc
Spanish
macho cabrío
Portuguese
bode
German
Ziegenbock
Russian
козла
Arabic-Simplified
تَيْس
Hindi
नर बकरा
Chinese-Simplified
公山羊
Korean
숫염소
Indonesian
kambing jantan
Bengali
পাঁঠা
Tagalog
lalaking kambing
Swahili
beberu
Amharic
የወንድ ፍየል
Yoruba
ewúrẹ́ akọ
Igbo
ewu oke
Twi
abirekyie barima

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Result
שְׂ + עִ֣יר
se + ir
seir

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    se-IR iz-ZIM

  3. clause

    va-yi-she-kha-TU se-IR iz-ZIM va-yi-te-be-LU ET-ha-kut-TO-net ba-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-yi-qe-KHU ET-ke-TO-net yo-SEF va-yi-she-kha-TU se-IR iz-ZIM va-yi-te-be-LU ET-ha-kut-TO-net ba-DAM

In contextGenesis 37:31

and they took tunic Joseph and they slaughtered male goat goats and they dipped the tunic in the blood

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 37:31, so the Hebrew word שְׂעִ֣יר (seir) 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 Gen.37.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.31.W5.S1) and character.