- שָׂעִיר
- שָׂעִירm. (b. h.; שָׂעַר) 1) goat. Yoma VI, 2 ש׳ המשתלח, v. שָׁלַח. Ib. 7 פר וש׳ הנשרפין the bullock and the goat designated to be burnt. Zeb.V, 1; a. fr.Pl. שְׂעִירִים, שְׂעִירִין. Ib. 2. Yoma VI, 1; a. fr. 2) demon. B. Bath.25a, v. סָעַר II. Ber.64a ש׳ בש׳ מיחלף goat and demon may interchange (both going by the name of sa‘ir).Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 22, v. שֵׁד; a. e. 3) shower. Pl. as ab. Sifré Deut. 306 (ref. to Deut. 32:2) מה ש׳ הללווכ׳ as the showers come down on the plants ; Yalk. ib. 942, v. סָעַר II. 4) hairy. Gen. R. s. 65.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.