שֶׂה
seh · seh
a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֵׂי; probably from H7582 (שָׁאָה) through the idea of pushing out to graze;
a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089 (זֶה).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֶׂה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a lamb6 · 13%
- or sheep5 · 11%
- cattle4 · 9%
- and sheep3 · 7%
- for the lamb2 · 4%
- with a lamb2 · 4%
- or a sheep2 · 4%
- sheep2 · 4%
- between cattle2 · 4%
- and cattle2 · 4%
- but where is the lamb1 · 2%
- himself a lamb1 · 2%
- your lamb1 · 2%
- for a sheep1 · 2%
- for sheep1 · 2%
- or a lamb1 · 2%
- or ewe1 · 2%
- or for a lamb1 · 2%
- the sheep1 · 2%
- or his sheep1 · 2%
- neither sheep1 · 2%
- his sheep1 · 2%
- of lesser cattle1 · 2%
- me the small cattle1 · 2%
- as a lamb1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.