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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A Simple question, a simple answer!
  • Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 00:13:45 +0000

On Sat 1 Feb 2003 (21:30:04 +0100), watts-westmaas AT zonnet.nl wrote:
> What exactly is meant by this word in Isaiah 34:14 and 13:21 that is
> different from the idea of a he-goat?

"This word" = &a`iYR is a Satyr, a goatlike demon (compare the Greek god
Pan).
The word also occurs in Leviticus 17:7, where it seems to be a reference to
the Egyptian idolatries carried over from the Exodus. Joshua 24:14 and
Ezekiel
20:7, 23:8 refer. He-goat worship was a part of the Egyptian religion.

The He-goat is ritually kosher (Exodus 12:5; Numbers 7); not so the Satyrs
and the other creatures mentioned in Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14 - the Owl in
particular (Leviticus 1!:16-17). Judge the Satyr by the company he keeps!

> Also does the word SHeD (shin,dalet) come from SHooD (shin,yud,dalet),
> meaning: To Swell Up?

$eD means an idol; Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; LXX DAIMONIA.
$aD means a mammary gland or teat of an animal or a woman; hence possibly
a goddess. Hence possibly a swelling?
$uWD or $aDaD means to lay waste (Psalm 91:6).

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Ben
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