ez denotes the goat as a flock animal, an offering animal, a source of hair or skins, and an image in vision.

In the supplied verses, the term most often identifies goats brought or prescribed as offerings, including sin offerings and burnt offerings. It also names flock animals used for food, gifts, breeding stock, skins, and hair; in two passages it occurs in a military comparison or a vision.

1. Goats designated for offerings · dominant

   The plural absolute form identifies animals brought for sacrificial use: in Leviticus 16:5 the APB renders the clause as taking “two male goats for a sin offering,” and in 2 Chronicles 29:21 it lists male goats among the animals brought as a sin offering. Leviticus 1:10 and Ezekiel 43:22 likewise place the term among animals presented for altar offerings.

   Leviticus 16:5Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 4:23Numbers 28:152 Chronicles 29:21Ezekiel 43:22
2. Goats within flocks and household use · common

   The term names animals counted, selected, or used from a flock. In Genesis 30:32 the APB renders goats distinguished by markings in Jacob’s wage arrangement; in Genesis 27:9 it renders two young goats taken from the flock for food, while 1 Samuel 25:2 counts goats among a wealthy man’s livestock.

   Genesis 27:9Genesis 30:32Genesis 30:35Genesis 31:381 Samuel 25:2Deuteronomy 14:4
3. Goat hair and skins as materials · occasional

   In these clauses the plural form occurs where the APB renders material made from the animal rather than a living herd animal. Exodus 26:7 describes curtains of “goats' hair,” Exodus 35:26 says women spun that hair, and Genesis 27:16 describes skins of young goats placed on hands and neck.

   Exodus 26:7Exodus 35:23Exodus 35:26Exodus 36:14Genesis 27:161 Samuel 19:13
4. Goat imagery in comparison and vision · rare

   The term is used in non-livestock descriptions in two supplied settings. In 1 Kings 20:27 the APB compares Israel’s encampment to “two small flocks of goats”; in Daniel 8:5 and Daniel 8:8 it renders a male goat with a conspicuous horn in the reported vision.

   1 Kings 20:27Daniel 8:5Daniel 8:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly renders the term as “goat” or “goats,” with contextual phrases such as “male goat,” “young goat,” and “goats' hair.” These fuller English phrases reflect their clauses rather than isolated lexical equivalents.