{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5799",
  "lemma": "עֲזָאזֵל",
  "transliteration": "ʻăzâʼzêl",
  "definition": "goat of departure; the scapegoat",
  "kjv": "scapegoat.",
  "occurrences": 4,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5795",
      "lemma": "עֵז",
      "transliteration": "ʻêz",
      "meaning": "a she-goat",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5795"
    },
    {
      "id": "H235",
      "lemma": "אָזַל",
      "transliteration": "ʼâzal",
      "meaning": "to go away, hence, to disappear",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H235"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֲזָאזֵל n.[m.] entire removal;—in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symb. of entire forgiveness."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 16:8",
      "text": "Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/16?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 16:10",
      "text": "But the goat on which the lot fell for the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/16?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 16:26",
      "text": "“He who lets the goat go as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/16?v=26"
    }
  ],
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}