Tayish — H8495

Definition

masculine noun

a buck or he-goat (as given to butting)

1. he-goat

Usually translated as

he goat

Origin

from an unused root meaning to butt

Greek equivalents

• trágos (G5131)

Occurrences

Tayish occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats (הַתְּיָשִׁ֜ים) that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
• Genesis 32:14 — Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats (וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים), two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
• 2 Chronicles 17:11 — Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats (וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים).