sheger · young (of livestock)

What it means

sheger (שֶׁגֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “young (of livestock)”.

Newborn young of an animal.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What the herd brings forth.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• offspring ×4
• young ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×4

• Exodus 13:12

  you shall dedicate to YHWH every first offspring of the womb, and every first offspring of the young of animals that you have; the males shall be YHWH’s.

• Deuteronomy 7:13

  He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the offspring of your cattle and the young of your flock, on the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

• Deuteronomy 28:4

  Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock, the offspring of your herds and the young of your flock.

• Deuteronomy 28:18

  Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the offspring of your herds and the young of your flock.

• Deuteronomy 28:51

  And it will eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed; it will not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the offspring of your herds or the young of your flock, until it has made you perish.