goat
part of speech
noun (goat, goats)
meaning for a pupil
1) A goat is an animal with horns and often a beard, kept on farms for milk, meat and wool. tree →
2) Wild goats live in the mountains and are very good climbers. tree →
3) A baby goat is a kid; a male is a billy goat and a female is a nanny goat. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Goats were common animals used in sacrifices, especially as a sin-offering. On Yom Kippur one goat was sent to the wilderness. In the Writings there are also wild goats of the rocks, and a flock of goats trailing down Gilead is a picture of beautiful hair. Interpretation: The Yom Kippur "scapegoat" carried away the sins of the people. Tradition reads this as a picture of forgiveness and the removal of wrongdoing. The psalm where God says He does not eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats is read as teaching that God needs no sacrifice and wants sincere hearts. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a counted animal with 4 legs; milk per goat (goats × litres each); legs puzzles with goats and chickens. In science: goats are mammals and herbivores. In stories: «The Three Billy Goats Gruff». Phrases: «billy goat», «goat's milk», «goat's cheese», «GOAT» (slang: the greatest of all time).
examples
- one he-goat, to make atonement for you. (Torah NUM.28.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. (Torah NUM.28.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? (Writings JOB.39.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? (Writings PSA.50.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead. (Writings SNG.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- A farmer has 8 goats. tree →
- Each goat gives 2 litres of milk. tree →
- Goats and chickens have 50 legs. tree →
- How many legs do 6 goats have? tree →
- A goat has 4 legs. tree →
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff crossed the troll's bridge. tree →
- Mountain goats can climb steep rocks. tree →
- We fed the baby goats at the petting zoo. tree →
- “Little goat, bleat, Little table, appear,” tree →
note
Countable: «a goat». A young goat is a «kid» — the same word as for a child. Maths: counted animal with 4 legs. Trap: in goats and chickens puzzles the legs differ (4 and 2).
In the corpora
- And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
- (32-15) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;
- and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
- And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «goat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.