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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #07716 - שֵׂי

Transliteration

seh

Phonetics

seh, say

Origin

probably from (H7582) through the idea of pushing out to graze

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2237

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat

1a) sheep, goat

1b) flock (collective)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 286 ‑ ἀμνός (am‑nos'); 4168 ‑ ποίμνιον (poym'‑nee‑on); 4263 ‑ πρόβατον (prob'‑at‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (44)

Genesis 4

Exodus 13

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 5

NAS (45)

Genesis 4

Exodus 13

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 7

HCS (45)

Genesis 4

Exodus 13

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 7

BSB (47)

Genesis 4

Exodus 13

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 7

ESV (28)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 5

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 7

WEB (44)

Genesis 4

Exodus 12

Leviticus 5

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 7

KJV (44)

cattle 8

ewe 1

lamb 17

sheep 17

NAS (45)

another 2

flock 1

lamb 15

lambs 1

one 1

sheep 25

HCS (45)

lamb 1

a flock 1

a lamb 1

a sheep 5

a whole animal 1

an animal 2

and another 1

animal 3

another 1

flock 3

for a sheep 1

for sheep 1

lamb 5

one animal 1

one sheep 2

sheep 15

well as no sheep 1

BSB (47)

* 3

Your lamb 1

a lamb 5

a sheep 4

and another 2

and sheep 2

flock 2

for a whole lamb 1

is the lamb 1

lamb 1

like a lamb 1

neither sheep 1

one 1

one sheep 2

or a sheep 1

or his sheep 1

or sheep 2

sheep 11

sheep shall be given 1

the lamb 2

with a lamb 2

ESV (28)

lamb 6

sheep 22

WEB (44)

As a lamb 1

Your lamb 1

a lamb 4

a sheep 1

and sheep 6

between sheep 2

but where is the lamb 1

for a lamb 1

for sheep 1

for the lamb 1

himself the lamb 1

his sheep 1

lamb 3

me of your sheep 1

neither sheep 1

of sheep 1

one 2

or a lamb 1

or a sheep 2

or ewe 1

or his sheep 1

or sheep 3

sheep 4

the sheep 1

with a lamb 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1327) e x (סה SH) AC: ? CO: Sheep AB: ?

A) e x (סה SH) AC: ? CO: Sheep AB: ?

N^m ) e x (סה SH) - Sheep: [df: hz hV yV] KJV (47): lamb, sheep, cattle, ewe - Strongs: H2089 (זֶה), H7716 (שֵׂי)

J) e f x (סוה SWH) AC: ? CO: Veil AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

a^m) e f x m (מסוה MSWH) - Veil: KJV (3): vail - Strongs: H4533 (מַסְוֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֶׂה noun masculine^{Genesis 30:32} and (less often) feminine^{Jeremiah 50:17} one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) (Assyrian šuju, Arabic

plural

, etc. (also wild ox), compare Egyptian sau, sheep Bondi⁶⁵, compare Id^{Ba NB§ 2 b} ς); — absolute שֶׂה Genesis 30:32 +, construct שֵׂה Isaiah 43:23 +; suffix שֵׂיוֺ Deuteronomy 22:1, שְׂיֵ֫הוּ 1 Samuel 14:34; not in plural; —

1 a sheep, or goat, noun of individual meaning of צאֹן: as property Genesis 32:32 (twice in verse) (J; + עאֹן collective, כְּשָׂבִים, עִזִּים), Exodus 21:37 (twice in verse) (+ שׁוֺר, צאֹן collective), Exodus 22:3 (+ שׁוֺר, חֲמוֺר, V:8 ( id.), V:9 ( id; all E); Deuteronomy 22:1 (+ שׁוֺר), 1 Samuel 17:34 (זה Kt van d. H. erroneous, see Baer Dr), roaming pasture Isaiah 7:25, straying Psalm 119:176 (simile), slaughtered Isaiah 53:7 (in simile); + שׁוֺר, חֲמוֺר Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 22:19; Joshua 6:21 (J), + id. + גָּמָל 1 Samuel 15:3; as sacrifice Genesis 22:7,8 (J), Exodus 13:13; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 12:8; Numbers 15:11 (בַּכְּבָשִׂים אוֺ בָּעִזִּים׳שׂ; all P), Deuteronomy 18:3 (+ שׁוֺר), Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 66:3 (+ שׁוֺר), מִןהַֿצּאֹן Ezekiel 45:15; compare Exodus 34:19 (+ שׁוֺר), ᵑ9²⁰ (J), Leviticus 26 (P; + שׁוֺר); fit for sacrifice Leviticus 22:28 (H); unfit ᵑ9²³ (H), Deuteronomy 17:1 (both + שׁוֺר); as food 1 Samuel 14:34 (+ שׁוֺר), ׳כְּשָׂבִים וְשׂ׳עִזִּים שׂ Deuteronomy 14:4 (+ id.); for Passover Exodus 12:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:5 (P); figurative of Israel Ezekiel 34:17 (twice in verse) ("" אֵילִים, עַתּוּדִים), Ezekiel 34:20; Ezekiel 34:20; Ezekiel 34:22; Ezekiel 34:22.

2 collective flock: שֶׂה פְזוּרָה Jeremiah 50:17 (= צאֹן אֹבְדוֺת Jeremiah 50:6).

List of Word Forms

בְשֶׂ֔ה בשה הַשֶּֽׂה׃ הַשֶּׂ֖ה הַשֶּׂ֛ה הַשֶּׂה֙ השה השה׃ וְשֵׂ֥ה וְשֶׂ֥ה וְשֶׂה־ וָשֶֽׂה׃ וָשֶׂ֖ה וָשֶׂ֗ה וָשֶׂ֛ה ושה ושה־ ושה׃ כְּשֶׂ֣ה כַּשֶּׂה֙ כשה לַשֶּׂ֥ה לָשֶֽׂה׃ לָשֶׂ֔ה לשה לשה׃ מִשֶּׂה֒ משה שְׂיֵ֗הוּ שֵׂ֣ה שֵׂ֥ה שֵׂיוֹ֙ שֶֽׂה׃ שֶׂ֑ה שֶׂ֔ה שֶׂ֖ה שֶׂ֛ה שֶׂ֣ה שֶׂ֣ה ׀ שֶׂ֥ה שֶׂ֧ה שֶׂ֨ה שֶׂה֒ שֶׂה־ שה שה־ שה׃ שיהו שיו ḇə·śeh ḇəśeh haś·śeh hasSeh haśśeh kaś·śeh kasSeh kaśśeh kə·śeh keSeh kəśeh lā·śeh laś·śeh laSeh lāśeh lasSeh laśśeh miś·śeh misSeh miśśeh śə·yê·hū śê·yōw seh śeh śêh śeh- seYehu śəyêhū seYo śêyōw vaSeh veSeh wā·śeh wāśeh wə·śeh wə·śêh wə·śeh- wəśeh wəśêh wəśeh-