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שֶׂה noun masculine Gen 30:32 and (less often) feminine Jer 50:17 one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) (Assyrian šuju , Arabic [untranscribed source text 5215] plural [untranscribed source text 5216], [untranscribed source text 5217], etc. (also wild ox), compare Egyptian sau , sheep Bondi65, compare IdBa 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),
ᵑ9
20
(
J
), Lev 26
(
P
; + שׁוֺר); fit for sacrifice Lev 22:28 (
H
); unfit
ᵑ9
23
(
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
),
Ezek 34:20 Ezek 34:20 Ezek 34:22 Ezek 34:22.
2.
collective
flock:
שֶׂה פְזוּרָה
Jer 50:17
(= צאֹן אֹבְדוֺת Jer 50:6).