Lexical Definition

‎שֶׂה‎ seh (seh) sheep ^H:N-M
or שֵׂי sêy (say); probably from ‎שָׁאָה‎ through the idea of pushing out to graze

(lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare ‎זֶה‎.

• a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat

1) one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat
1a) sheep, goat
1b) flock (collective)

See Greek: ἀμνός · ποίμνιον · πρόβατον

Extended Information

• Also means: zeh (‎ז‎ֶ‎ה‎ "lamb" זֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֶׂה‎ noun masculine^{Gen 30:32} and (less often) feminine^{Jer 50:17} one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) (Assyrian šuju, Arabic plural , , etc. (also wild ox), compare Egyptian sau, sheep Bondi⁶⁵, compare Id^{Ba NB§ 2 b} ς); — absolute ‎שֶׂה‎ Gen 30:32 +, construct ‎שֵׂה‎ Isa 43:23 +; suffix ‎שֵׂיוֺ‎ Deut 22:1, ‎שְׂיֵ֫הוּ‎ 1Sam 14:34 not in plural; —

1. a sheep, or goat, noun of individual meaning of ‎צאֹן‎: as property Gen 32:32* (twice in verse) (J; + ‎עאֹן‎ collective, ‎כְּשָׂבִים‎, ‎עִזִּים‎), Exod 21:37* (twice in verse) (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎, ‎צאֹן‎ collective), Exod 22:3* (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎, ‎חֲמוֺר‎, V:8 (id.), V:9 (id; all E); Deut 22:1 (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎), 1Sam 17:34 (‎זה‎ Kt van d. H. erroneous, see Baer Dr), roaming pasture Isa 7:25, straying Ps 119:176 (simile), slaughtered Isa 53:7 (in simile); + ‎שׁוֺר‎, ‎חֲמוֺר‎ Judg 6:4; 1Sam 22:19; Josh 6:21 (J), + id. + ‎גָּמָל‎ 1Sam 15:3 as sacrifice Gen 22:7; Gen 22:8 (J), Exod 13:13; Lev 5:12; Lev 12:8; Num 15:11 (‎בַּכְּבָשִׂים אוֺ בָּעִזִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎; all P), Deut 18:3 (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎), Isa 43:23; Isa 66:3 (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎), ‎מִןהַֿצּאֹן‎ Ezek 45:15 compare Exod 34:19 (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎), ‎ᵑ9‎²⁰ (J), Lev 26 (P; + ‎שׁוֺר‎); fit for sacrifice Lev 22:28 (H); unfit ‎ᵑ9‎²³ (H), Deut 17:1 (both + ‎שׁוֺר‎); as food 1Sam 14:34 (+ ‎שׁוֺר‎), ‎׳‎‎כְּשָׂבִים וְשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎עִזִּים שׂ‎ Deut 14:4 (+ id.); for Passover Exod 12:3 (twice in verse); Exod 12:4 (twice in verse); Exod 12:5 (P); figurative of Israel Ezek 34:17 (twice in verse) (|| ‎אֵילִים‎, ‎עַתּוּדִים‎), vEzek 34:20 vEzek 34:20 vEzek 34:22 vEzek 34:22.

2. collective flock: ‎שֶׂה פְזוּרָה‎ Jer 50:17 (= ‎צאֹן אֹבְדוֺת‎ vJer 50:6).

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