שָׂעִיר

I. שָׂעִר adjective hairy; — masculine singular ׳אִישׁ שׂ Gen 27:11 feminine plural יָדָיו שְׂעִרֹת vGen 27:33 (J).

II. שָׂעִיר₅₃ noun masculine^{Num 15:24} he-goat, buck (hairy one; Late Hebrew id.); — absolute ׳שׂ Lev 4:24 +, construct שְׂעִיר Num 7:16 +; plural שְׂעִירִם Lev 16:7; Lev 16:8 construct שְׂעִירֵי vLev 16:5; Num 7:87 — he-goat, usually שְׂעִיר(ֿ)עִזִּים buck of goats (see עֵז p. 777): Gen 37:31 (J), Ezek 43:22; Ezek 45:23; Lev 4:23; Lev 9:3; Lev 23:19 + 20 t. Numbers (all P); ׳שְׂעִירֵי ע Lev 16:5; Num 7:87 (P); ׳שׂ alone = he-goat Lev 4:24 + 11 t. Lev 16 (P); שְׂעִיר (הַ)חַטָּאת he-goat for sin-offering Ezek 43:25; Lev 9:15 + 9 t. Leviticus, Numbers; ׳שְׂעִירֵי הַח 2Chr 29:23 in Dan 8:21 ׳הַשּׂ is probably gloss to הַצָּפִיר (compare Dr).

III. שָׂעִיר noun masculine satyr, demon (with he-goat's form, or feet; Late Hebrew id.; compare Baud^{Stud. i. 136 ff.}; hairy demons We^{Skizzen iii. 135}; Heid. 152 RS^{Semitic 113, 423: 2nd ed. 120, 441}); absolute ׳שׂ Isa 34:14 inhabiting desolate ruins, so plural שְׂעִירִים Isa 13:21 name for idols 2Chr 11:15 and (שְׂעִירִם) Lev 17:7 (H); probably also ׳בָּמוֺת הַשּׂ 2Kgs 23:8 (ᵑ0 הַשְּׁעָרִים) Hoffm^{ZAW ii (1882), 175} SS Kmp Klo Kit Benz Bur.