שֶׂה

sehNoun (Masculine)H7716

sheep

From: or שֵׂי; probably from H7582 (שָׁאָה) through the idea of pushing out to graze;

Short Definition

a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat 1a) sheep, goat 1b) flock (collective) Also means: zeh (*זֶה *"lamb" H2089)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

35 times

Appears 35 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Exodus
6
Leviticus
5
1 Samuel
4
Deuteronomy
4
Ezk
4

Key Passages

  • 1 Samuel 14:34
  • Deuteronomy 22:1
  • Ezk 34:17
  • Isaiah 43:23
  • Leviticus 12:8

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.