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עֲזָאזֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5799

entire removal — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

entire removal tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲזָאזֵל: entire removal tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] entire removal (redupl. intens. (Ges§ 30 n. Sta§ 124 a), abstr., √ [עזל] = Arabic عزل remove, v. BährSymb. ii. 668 Win ii. 659 ff. Me in SchenkelBL. i. 256; > most, n.pr. of spirit haunting desert, Thes Di Dr Hastings, DB [a fallen angel, Lv 16:8 ff. being late, according to CheZAW xv (1895), 153 ff., Ency. Bib., who der. from עזז־אל; cf. BenzEncy. Bib.], as in Jewish angelology, where prob. based on interpret. of Lv 16:8 ff.; name not elsewhere);—ע׳ Lv 16:8, 10(×2), 26 in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symb. of entire forgiveness.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: escape goat (4).

In the verses

Leviticus 16:8 · tree →

וְנָתַ֧ן אַהֲרֹ֛ן עַל־שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם גּוֹרָל֑וֹת גּוֹרָ֤ל אֶחָד֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְגוֹרָ֥ל אֶחָ֖ד לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃

Word for word: and he.will.put Aaron on the.two the.male goats lots a.lot one for Yahweh and a.lot one for.[the] escape.goat

JPS 1917: And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for Azazel.

Leviticus 16:26 · tree →

וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר֙ לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל יְכַבֵּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֔יו וְרָחַ֥ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּ֑יִם וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֖ן יָב֥וֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

Word for word: and the.[one who].lets.go (et) the.male goat to.[the] escape.goat he.will.wash garments his and he.will.wash (et) body his with (the) water and after thus he.will.come into the camp

JPS 1917: And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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