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(properly âְּãַé , gedi', so called from cropping the herbage; more fully, âְּãַé òַæּéí , "kid of the goats;" fem. âְּãַéּä , gediyah', a she-kid, Cant. i, 8; also áֶּïàּòֵæ , son of a goat, 2Ch_35:7, orig.; sometimes for òֵæ , a goat, itself, Num_15:11; 1Ki_20:27; likewise ùָׂòַéø , si'r, hairy, i.e. a goat, Genesis 35:31; Lev_4:23; Lev_9:3; Lev_16:5; Lev_23:19, etc.; fern. ùְׂòַéøָä , seirah, Lev_4:28; Lev_5:6; Greek ἔñéöéïò , Luk_15:29; "goat," Mat_25:32, Mat_25:33 ἐñéößïí , diminutive), the young of the goat, reckoned a great delicacy among the ancients; and it appears to have been served for food in preference to the lamb (Gen_27:9; Gen_38:17; Jdg_6:19; Jdg_14:6; 1Sa_16:20). It still continues to be a choice dish among the Arabs. By the Mosaic law, the Hebrews were forbidden to dress a kid in the milk of its dam; and this remarkable prohibition is repeated three several times (Exo_23:19; Exo_34:26; Deu_14:21). This law has been variously understood. However, it is generally supposed that it was intended to guard the Hebrews against some idolatrous or superstitious practice of the neighboring heathen nations. The practice is quite common with modern Orientals (Thomson, Land and Book, i, 135). Kids were also among the sacrificial offerings (Exo_12:3, margin; Lev_4:23-26; Num_7:16-87). SEE GOAT.