BDB8289
שֵׂעִיר proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר, goat ? compare GrayProp.N.94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Gen 25:25, שָׂעִר Gen 27:11; Gen 27:23 NöZMG xl (1886). 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 compare proper name, of a mountain [untranscribed source text 5307] (the 'hairy,' i.e. 'well-wooded,' compare [untranscribed source text 5308] trees), proper name, of a people (originally proper name, of a location) [untranscribed source text 5309]; LagBN 92 thinks ׳ שׂ originally proper name, masculine, but land much earlier in OT.; perhaps = Tel Amarna land Šêri , ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi (1892), 114 WklTel Am. 181, 26 BuhlEdom. 28. f.); —
1.
Σηειρ:
a. territory
land of Edom, south of Dead Sea, ׳
אַ֫רְצָה שׂ
Gen 32:4 (
J
; || שְׂדֵה אֱדוֺם), compare Gen 36:30 (
P
); ׳
שׂ alone
Judg 5:4 (poem; || id.), Num 24:18 (
J
E
; || אֱדוֺם), Deut 1:44; Deut 2:4; Deut 2:8; Deut 2:12; Deut 2:22; Deut 2:29; Deut 33:2; Josh 11:19 (
D
), Isa
21:11;
2Chr 20:23 b; with ה locative שֵׂעִ֫ירָה
Gen 33:14;
Gen 33:16 (
J
), Josh 12:7
(
D
).
b. specific mountain East of Arabah, ׳
הַרשֿׂ
Josh 24:4 (
E
), Gen 36:8
; Gen 36:9 (
P
), Deut 1:2
;
Deut 2:1; Deut 21:5; Ezek 35:2;
Ezek 35:3;
Ezek 35:7;
Ezek 35:15
;
1Chr 4:42;
2Chr 20:10
;
2Chr 20:22
;
2Chr 20:23
compare ׳
הַרֲרָם שׂ
Gen 14:6 (home
of
הַחֹרִי; on text see BuhlEdom. 28
GunkGn).
c. of a people
Ezek 25:8 =
Edom
[van d. H.
׳
שׁ]; but strike out
ᵐ5
B
Hi
Co
Berthol Toy Krae.
d. personified as masculine in ׳
בְּנֵישֿׂ (see
חֹרִי
p. 360; compare
Gen 14:6)
Gen 36:20 =
1Chr 1:38;
Gen 36:21 (
P
; + בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם); = Edomites 2Chr 25:11; 2Chr 25:14 (|| אֱדוֺמִים).
2.
mountain in Judah, ׳
הַרשֿׂ
Josh 15:10
(
P
), Ασσαρ,
A
Σηειρ,
ᵐ5
L
Σιειρ; Di
BuhlG 91 and others compare hill-ruin Sârîs
approximately 9 miles west of Jerusalem. (RobBR iii.
156
).