Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 2:12
“The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8165 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
- Derivation
- formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
- KJV renderings
- Seir.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- שֵׂעִ֞יר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:6Genesis 32:4Genesis 33:14Genesis 33:16Genesis 36:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֵׂעִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.