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Exodus 12:5
“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׂהseh · seh
H7716 · Hebrew
H7716 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
- Derivation
- or שֵׂי; probably from H7582 (שָׁאָה) through the idea of pushing out to graze;
- KJV renderings
- (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089 (זֶה).
- Grammar
- שֶׂ֥ה — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 47 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:7Genesis 22:8Genesis 30:32Genesis 30:32Exodus 12:3
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 שֶׂה 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.