Lexical Definition

‎צָפִיר‎ tsâphîyr (tsaw-feer') male goat ^H:N-M
from ‎צָפַר‎

(he) goat.

• a male goat (as prancing)

1) he-goat

See Greek: τράγος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tse.phir (‎צ‎ְ‎פ‎ִ‎יר‎ "male goat" צְפִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צָפִיר‎ noun masculine he-goat (late); — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Dan 8:5; Dan 8:21 construct ‎צְפִיר הָעִזִּים‎ vDan 8:5 vDan 8:8 (all in vision, symbolic of Alexander); plural construct (literal) ‎צְפִירֵי עִזִּים‎ 2Chr 29:21, ‎צְפִירֵי חַטָאת‎ Ezra 8:35 he-goats for a sin-offering.

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