8165. Seir
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שֵׂעִיר proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר, goat ? compare GrayProp.N.94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Genesis 25:25, שָׂעִר Genesis 27:11,23; NöZMG xl (1886). 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 compare proper name, of a mountain (the 'hairy,' i.e. 'well-wooded,' compare trees), proper name, of a people (originally proper name, of a location) ; LagBN 92 thinks ׳שׂ originally proper name, masculine, but land much earlier in OT.; perhaps = Tel Amarna land Šêri, ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi (1892), 114 WklTel Am. 181, 26 BuhlEdom. 28. f.); —

1 Σηειρ:

a. terr. land of Edom, south of Dead Sea, ׳אַ֫רְצָה שׂ Genesis 32:4 (J; "" שְׂדֵה אֱדוֺם), compare Genesis 36:30 (P); ׳שׂ alone Judges 5:4 (poem; "" id.), Numbers 24:18 (J E; "" אֱדוֺם), Deuteronomy 1:44; Deuteronomy 2:4,8,12,22,29; Deuteronomy 33:2; Joshua 11:19 (D), Isaiah 21:11; 2Chronicles 20:23 b; with ה locative שֵׂעִ֫ירָה Genesis 33:14,16 (J), Joshua 12:7 (D).

b. specific

mont. East of Arabah, ׳הַרשֿׂ Joshua 24:4 (E), Genesis 36:8,9 (P), Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 21:5; Ezekiel 35:2,3,7,15; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2Chronicles 20:10,22,23; compare ׳הַרֲרָם שׂ Genesis 14:6 (home of הַחֹרִי; on text see BuhlEdom. 28 GunkGn).

c. of a people Ezekiel 25:8 = Edom [van d. H. ׳שׁ]; but strike out ᵐ5B Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae.

d. personified as masculine in ׳בְּנֵישֿׂ (see חֹרִי p. 360; compare Genesis 14:6) Genesis 36:20 = 1 Chronicles 1:38; Genesis 36:21 (P; + בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם); = Edomites 2 Chronicles 25:11,14 ("" אֱדוֺמִים).

2. mont. in Judah, ׳הַרשֿׂ Joshua 15:10 (P), Ασσαρ, A Σηειρ, ᵐ5L Σιειρ; Di BuhlG 91 and others compare hill-ruin Sârîs approximately 9 miles west of Jerusalem. (RobBR iii. 156).

Forms and Transliterations
בְּשֵׂעִ֑יר בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר בשעיר וְשֵׂעִ֔יר וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר ובשעיר ושעיר מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ משעיר שֵׂעִ֑יר שֵׂעִ֑ירָה שֵׂעִ֔יר שֵׂעִ֖יר שֵׂעִ֗יר שֵׂעִ֛יר שֵׂעִֽירָה׃ שֵׂעִֽיר׃ שֵׂעִיר֙ שעיר שעיר׃ שעירה שעירה׃ bə·śê·‘îr bəśê‘îr beseIr miś·śê·‘îr miśśê‘îr misseIr śê‘îr śê‘îrāh śê·‘î·rāh śê·‘îr seIr seIrah ū·ḇə·śê·‘îr ūḇəśê‘îr uveseIr veseIr wə·śê·‘îr wəśê‘îr
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