שֵׂעִיר

n.pr. Sēʿîr (= שָׂעִיר goat? cf. GrayProp. N. 94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Gn 25:25, שָׂעִר 27:11, 23; NöZMG xl (1886), 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 cp. n.pr. mont. الاشعر (the ‘hairy,’ i.e. ‘well-wooded,’ cf. شَعَارٌ trees), n.pr.gent. (orig.n.pr.loc.) أَلَاشْعَرُ; LagBN 92 thinks שׂ׳ orig.n.pr.m., but land much earlier in OT; perhaps = TelAm. land Šêri, ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi (1892), 114 WklTelAm. 181, 26 BuhlEdom. 28 f.);— Σηειρ: terr. land of Edom, S. of Dead Sea, אַ֫רְצָה שׂ׳ Gn 32:4 (J; ‖ שְׂדֵה אֱדוֹם), cf. 36:30 (P); שׂ׳ alone Ju 5:4 (poem; ‖ id.), Nu 24:18 (JE; ‖ אֱדוֹם), Dt 1:44; 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; 33:2 Jos 11:17 (D), Is 21:11 2 Ch 20:23b; c. ה loc. שֵׂעִ֫ירָה Gn 33:14, 16 (J), Jos 12:7 (D). specif. mont. E. of Arabah, הַר־שׂ׳ Jos 24:4 (E), Gn 36:8, 9 (P), Dt 1:2; 2:1, 5 Ez 35:2, 3, 7, 15 1 Ch 4:42; 2 Ch 20:10, 22, 23; cf. הַרֲרָם שׂ׳ Gn 14:6 (home of הַחֹרִי; on text v. BuhlEdom. 28 Gunk Gn). gent. Ez 25:8 = Edom [van d. H. שׁ׳]; but del. 𝔊B Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae. personif. as m. in בְּנֵי־שׂ׳ (v. חֹרִי p. 360; cf. Gn 14:6) Gn 36:20 = 1 Ch 1:38, Gn 36:21 (P; + בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם); = Edomites 2 Ch 25:11, 14 (‖ אֱדוֹמִים). mont. in Judah, הַר־שׂ׳ Jos 15:10 (P), Ασσαρ, A Σηειρ, 𝔊L Σιειρ; Di BuhlG. 91 al. cp. hill-ruin Sâtrîs c. 9 miles W. of Jerus. (RobBR iii. 156).