Lexical Definition

‎עֵז‎ ʻêz (aze) goat ^H:N-F
from ‎עָזַז‎

(she) goat, kid.

• a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)

1) female goat, she-goat, goat, kid

See Greek: αἴγειος · ἐρίφιον · ἔριφος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ez (‎ע‎ֵ‎ז‎ "goat" עֵז)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עָנַן
‎עֵז‎₇₄ noun feminine^{Gen 15:9} she-goat; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 15:9 + 6 t.; plural ‎עַזִּים‎ Gen 27:9 + 65 t.; suffix ‎עִזֶּיךָ‎ Gen 31:38 —

1. as property Gen 30:32; Gen 30:33; Gen 30:35 (J), Gen 31:15; Gen 31:38 (E), 1Sam 25:2.

2. as food: ‎גְּדָיֵי (גְּדִי) עִזִּים‎ kid(s) of she-goats Gen 27:9; Gen 27:16 (J) + 7 t., ‎שְׂעִיר עִזִּים‎ Gen 37:31 (J) a buck of goats, he-goat, ‎שֵׂה עִזִּים‎ Deut 14:4 a (n individual) goat; compare Lev 7:23 (P; fat forbidden); also ‎׳‎‎חֲלֵב ע‎ Prov 27:27 goats' milk.

3. as sacrificial victim, chiefly P:
a. in general Lev 22:27 (H), Num 15:11.
b. in ‎בְּרִית‎ Gen 15:9 (J E; compare vGen 15:18).
c. ‎פֶּסַח‎ Exod 12:5 (‎שֶׂה‎), ‎בְּנֵי עִזִּים‎ 2Chr 35:7.
d. ‎עוֺלָה‎ Lev 22:19 (H), Lev 1:10; Num 28:30 (‎׳‎‎שְׂעִיר ע‎).
e. ‎זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים‎ Lev 3:12; Lev 17:3 (H; compare vLev 17:5), ‎אִשֶּׁה‎ Num 18:17 (‎׳‎‎בְּכוֺר ע‎). feminine ‎חַטָּאת‎, ‎׳‎‎שְׂעִיר ע‎ Ezek 43:22; Ezek 45:23; Lev 4:23 + 3 t. Leviticus; Num 7:16 + 19 t. Numbers; ‎שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים‎ a single she-goat Lev 4:28; Lev 5:6 ‎עְפִרֵי זִּים‎ 2Chr 29:21 he-goats.

4. ‎עִזִּים‎ = goats' hair, as material 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:16; Exod 25:4 + 6 t. P (Exod 35:26 object of ‎טָווּ‎!).

5. in simile ‎חֲשַׂפֵי עִזִּים‎ 1Kgs 20:27 (see [ ‎חָשִׂיף‎]); ‎׳‎‎כְּעֵדַר הָע‎ Song 4:1; Song 6:5, of flowing, undulating hair.

6. ‎׳‎‎צְפִיר הָע‎ Du Song 8:5; Song 8:8 he-goat in vision.

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