שֶׂהseh
one of a flock, a sheep (or goat)
Pronunciation: seh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7716
Meanings
1. a sheep, or goat (Genesis 32:32; Exodus 21:37; Exodus 22:3)
2. flock (Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 50:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 47 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 22:7 Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
- Genesis 22:8 “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.
- Genesis 30:32 Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, along with all the black sheep. Give these to me as my wages.
- Exodus 12:3 Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.
- Exodus 12:4 If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.
- Exodus 12:5 The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.
See every passage
- Genesis 22:7, 22:8, 30:32
- Exodus 12:3, 12:4, 12:5, 13:13, 22:1, 22:4, 22:9, 22:10, 34:19, 34:20
- Leviticus 5:7, 12:8, 22:23, 22:28, 27:26
- Numbers 15:11
- Deuteronomy 14:4, 17:1, 18:3, 22:1
- Joshua 6:21
- Judges 6:4
- 1 Samuel 14:34, 15:3, 17:34, 22:19
- Psalms 119:176
- Isaiah 7:25, 43:23, 53:7, 66:3
- Jeremiah 50:17
- Ezekiel 34:17, 34:20, 34:22, 45:15
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).