Lexical Summary Seir: a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitant, also a mountain in Judah Original Word: שֵׂעִירTransliteration: Seir Phonetic Spelling: (say-eer') Part of Speech: proper name; mont.; of a people; masculine; mont. Short Definition: a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitant, also a mountain in Judah Meaning: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah Strong's Concordance Seir Formed like sa'iyr; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine -- Seir. see HEBREW sa'iyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H8165. Seir שֵׂעִיר proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר, goat ? compare GrayProp.N.94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Genesis 25:25, שָׂעִר 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, שׂ ׳אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 32:4 (J; "" אֱדוֺם שְׂדֵה), compare 36:30 (P); ׳שׂ alone Judges 5:4 (poem; "" id.), Numbers 24:18 (J E; "" אֱדוֺם), Deuteronomy 1:44; 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; 33:2; Joshua 11:19 (D), Isaiah 21:11; 2 Chronicles 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; 2:1; 21:5; Ezekiel 35:2-3, 7, 15; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 20:10, 22, 23; compare שׂ ׳הַרֲרָם 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) 36:20 = 1 Chronicles 1:38; Genesis 36:21 (P; + אֱדוֺם בְּאֶרֶץ); = 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). |
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