תיש

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־י־שׁ (t-y-sh)

Compare Aramaic תֵּישָׁא / תַּיְשָׁא (tēšā / tayšā), Arabic تَيْس (tays).

Pronunciation

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Noun

תַּיִשׁ • (táyish) m (plural indefinite תיישים / תְּיָשִׁים, singular construct תֵּישׁ־, plural construct תֵּישֵׁי־)

male goat, he-goat, billy goat
- Tanach, Genesis 32:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  עִזִּים מָאתַיִם וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם וְ אֵילִים עֶשְׂרִים׃
  'izím matáyim ut'yashím 'esrím r'khelím matáyim v'elím 'esrím.
  ʿizzīm māṯáyim ūṯəyāšīm ʿeśrīm rəḥēlīm māṯáyim wəʾēlīm ʿeśrīm.
  two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:31, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם אוֹ־תָיִשׁ וּ מֶלֶךְ אַלְקוּם עִמּוֹ׃
  zarzír motnáyim 'o-táyish umélekh 'alkúm 'imó.
  zarzīr moṯnáyim ʾō-ṯā́yiš ūmeleḵ ʾalqūm ʿimmō.
  The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.

References

“תיש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

תיש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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