goat
at.tud denotes goats, especially animals named among offerings, herds, and flock imagery.
The term most often names goats included among animals for sacrifice or slaughter; elsewhere it occurs in livestock, trade, and flock settings, and in several passages it is used within imagery concerning leaders or a flock.
Senses in use
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Goats listed among sacrificial animals · dominant
The plural absolute form occurs in repeated peace-offering inventories: in Numbers 7:17 the APB renders a list of oxen, rams, male goats, and male lambs brought for the offering. The same animal category appears with sacrificial blood, flesh, fat, or offerings in Isaiah 1:11, Isaiah 34:6, Psalm 66:15, and Ezekiel 39:18.
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Goats as livestock or trade animals · occasional
In Genesis 31:10 and Genesis 31:12, the plural form identifies the animals seen rising upon the flock and described as striped, speckled, and spotted in the APB. Ezekiel 27:21 places them among animals traded by Arabia and Kedar, while Proverbs 27:26 presents goats in relation to the price of a field.
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Goat imagery for flock leaders or movement · occasional
Jeremiah 50:8 uses the plural in a comparison: the APB renders the command to leave Babylon as being like male goats before the flock. In Ezekiel 34:17 and Zechariah 10:3, goats occur in flock-and-shepherd imagery; Isaiah 14:9 has a plural construct form in a clause the APB renders as "all who were leaders of the earth," so its specific English correspondence remains less certain.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the animal lists and livestock scenes, the APB presents the relevant animals as "goats" or "male goats." In Isaiah 14:9 it renders the clause with "leaders of the earth"; That wording cannot by itself establish a separate lexical definition.