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Leviticus 16:10

“But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂעִירsâʻîyr · saw-eer'
H8163 · Hebrew

Definition: shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
Derivation: or שָׂעִר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר);
KJV renderings: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
הַ — particle (definite article)
שָּׂעִ֗יר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:11 Genesis 27:23 Genesis 37:31 Leviticus 4:23 Leviticus 4:24

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 שָׂעִיר here.

Verse 9 Verse 11

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.