козёл отпущения

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Russian

Etymology

Interpretation of Biblical Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (azazél) (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26); rendered as козёл для отпуще́ния (kozjól dlja otpuščénija) in Lev. 16:26 of the Russian Synodal Bible, and as козелъ, ѿпꙋщеный во ѿпꙋщенїе (kozelŭ, otŭpuštenyj vo otŭpuštenie) in the Elizabeth Bible.

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Noun

козёл отпуще́ния (kozjól otpuščénijam anim (genitive козла́ отпуще́ния, nominative plural козлы́ отпуще́ния, genitive plural козло́в отпуще́ния)

  1. scapegoat

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