Genesis 37:31
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;”
כְּתֹנֶת
A coat, a long garment. Kethoneth. Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colours. The coat of favour became the coat of suffering before the coat of glory came.
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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עֵז
goats
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עֵז
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
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שָׂעִיר
a male goat of
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שָׂעִיר
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
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