What does צָפִיר (ṣāpiyr) mean in the Bible?
צָפִיר (ṣāpiyr): Male goat characterized by vigorous, prancing movement; emphasizes the animal's spirited, bounding nature.
Hebrew · H6842
צָפִיר
A male goat (as prancing)
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צָפִיר H6842
Pronunciation ṣāpiyr
What does צָפִיר (ṣāpiyr) mean in the Bible?
צָפִיר (ṣāpiyr): Male goat characterized by vigorous, prancing movement; emphasizes the animal's spirited, bounding nature.
Full entry for צָפִיר (H6842) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6842?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include male goats (2), - (1), a goat (1), goat (1), Thus the goat (1).
Where does צָפִיר (ṣāpiyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Chronicles 29:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Daniel (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It male goats 2× 2 Chronicles 29:21, Ezra 8:35
- 1× Daniel 8:5
a goat 1× Daniel 8:5
goat 1× Daniel 8:21
Thus the goat 1× Daniel 8:8
Show sample aligned rows
2 Chronicles 29:21 וּצְפִירֵ֨י to male goats Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Ezra 8:35 צְפִירֵ֥י to male goats Noun - masculine plural construct Daniel 8:5 צְפִיר־ to a goat Noun - masculine singular construct Daniel 8:5 וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔יר to - Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Daniel 8:8 וּצְפִ֥יר to Thus the goat Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Daniel 8:21 וְהַצָּפִ֥יר to goat Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Chronicles 29:21
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
2 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Daniel 4
Source forms
וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔יר 1x wə·haṣ·ṣā·p̄îr Daniel 8:5
וְהַצָּפִ֥יר 1x wə·haṣ·ṣā·p̄îr Daniel 8:21
וּצְפִ֥יר 1x ū·ṣə·p̄îr Daniel 8:8
וּצְפִירֵ֨י 1x ū·ṣə·p̄î·rê 2 Chronicles 29:21
צְפִיר־ 1x ṣə·p̄îr- Daniel 8:5
צְפִירֵ֥י 1x ṣə·p̄î·rê Ezra 8:35
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Daniel 8:5, Daniel 8:21
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct 1x 2 Chronicles 29:21
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Daniel 8:8
Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Ezra 8:35
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Daniel 8:5
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Male goat characterized by vigorous, prancing movement; emphasizes the animal's spirited, bounding nature.
Source Gloss
a male goat (as prancing)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Male goat characterized by vigorous, prancing movement; emphasizes the animal's spirited, bounding nature.
a male goat (as prancing) BDB: he-goat Usage: (he) goat.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
צָפִיר is built from this root:
צָפַר H6852
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain