Lexical Definition

‎שָׂעִיר‎ sâʻîyr (saw-eer') hairy ^H:A
or שָׂעִר sâʻir (saw-eer'); from ‎שָׂעַר‎

devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.

• shaggy
• as noun, a he-goat
• by analogy, a faun

adj
1) hairy
n m
2) he-goat, buck
2a) as sacrificial animal
2b) satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mt 8:30-32)

See Greek: δαιμόνιον · εἴδωλον · ἐρίφιον · ἔριφος · μάταιος · ὄμβρος

Extended Information

• satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mat.8.30 - Mat.8.32 )

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שָׂעִר‎ adjective hairy; — masculine singular ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ שׂ‎ Gen 27:11 feminine plural ‎יָדָיו שְׂעִרֹת‎ vGen 27:33 (J).

II. ‎שָׂעִיר‎₅₃ noun masculine^{Num 15:24} he-goat, buck (hairy one; Late Hebrew id.); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Lev 4:24 +, construct ‎שְׂעִיר‎ Num 7:16 +; plural ‎שְׂעִירִם‎ Lev 16:7; Lev 16:8 construct ‎שְׂעִירֵי‎ vLev 16:5; Num 7:87 — he-goat, usually ‎שְׂעִיר(ֿ)עִזִּים‎ buck of goats (see ‎עֵז‎ p. 777): Gen 37:31 (J), Ezek 43:22; Ezek 45:23; Lev 4:23; Lev 9:3; Lev 23:19 + 20 t. Numbers (all P); ‎׳‎‎שְׂעִירֵי ע‎ Lev 16:5; Num 7:87 (P); ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ alone = he-goat Lev 4:24 + 11 t. Lev 16 (P); ‎שְׂעִיר (הַ)חַטָּאת‎ he-goat for sin-offering Ezek 43:25; Lev 9:15 + 9 t. Leviticus, Numbers; ‎׳‎‎שְׂעִירֵי הַח‎ 2Chr 29:23 in Dan 8:21 ‎׳‎‎הַשּׂ‎ is probably gloss to ‎הַצָּפִיר‎ (compare Dr).

III. ‎שָׂעִיר‎ noun masculine satyr, demon (with he-goat's form, or feet; Late Hebrew id.; compare Baud^{Stud. i. 136 ff.}; hairy demons We^{Skizzen iii. 135}; Heid. 152 RS^{Semitic 113, 423: 2nd ed. 120, 441}); absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Isa 34:14 inhabiting desolate ruins, so plural ‎שְׂעִירִים‎ Isa 13:21 name for idols 2Chr 11:15 and (‎שְׂעִירִם‎) Lev 17:7 (H); probably also ‎׳‎‎בָּמוֺת הַשּׂ‎ 2Kgs 23:8 (ᵑ0 ‎הַשְּׁעָרִים‎) Hoffm^{ZAW ii (1882), 175} SS Kmp Klo Kit Benz Bur.

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