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H3532

כֶּ֫בֶשׂ

ke.ve.sH:N-M

lamb

lamb, sheep, young ram

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כֶּ֫בֶשׂ107 noun masculineExod 29:38 lamb (√ dubious: Late Hebrew id., battering-ram; Assyrian kabšu, lamb according to COTGloss; Arabic is ram, leader; Syriac lamb, with anom. , is very rare, and probably loan-word; Nö in Frä109) — ׳כ absolute Exod 29:39 + 43 t.; plural כְּבָשִׂים vExod 29:38 + 61 t.; suffix כְּבָשַׂי Job 31:20 —

1. lamb, for sacrifice: Isa 1:11 of daily offering Exod 29:38; Exod 29:39 (twice in verse); Exod 29:40; Exod 29:41; Num 28:3; Num 28:4 (twice in verse) + 12 t. Num 28 sin-offering Lev 4:32 purification Lev 12:6; Lev 14:10 + 5 t. Lev 14 dedication of altar Num 7:15 + 25 t. Num 7 offerings in 7th month Num 29:2 + 22 t. Num 29, etc. (87 t. Exodus Leviticus Numbers all P); in Ezekiel's temple Ezek 46:4 + 6 t. Ezek 46; 1Chr 29:21; 2Chr 29:21; 2Chr 29:22; 2Chr 29:32; 2Chr 35:7; Ezra 8:35, compare simile Jer 11:19.
2. lambs, as grazing; symbol of devastation Isa 5:17 (compare GieBeitr. 1890), simile of Israel Hos 4:16 in predict. ׳וְגָר זְאֵב עִםכֿ Isa 11:6.
3. lambs, as furnishing wool for clothing: Job 31:20 ׳גֵּז כ, Prov 27:26 לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ ׳כ.

88 occurrences

Exodus (5), Leviticus (13), Numbers (50), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Job (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (7), Hosea (1)