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Chamois in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sham'-i, sha-mwa', sha-moi' (zemer; kamelopdrdalis): Occurs only once in the Bible, i.e. in the list of clean animals in Dt 14:5. Gesenius refers to the verb zamar, "to sing," and suggests the association of dancing or leaping, indicating thereby an active animal. M'Lean in Encyclopedia Biblica cites the rendering of the Targums dica', or "wil...

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Bull Scripture - Job 21:10

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf....

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Camel Scripture - Leviticus 11:4

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you....

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Chamois in Naves Topical Bible

-A species of antelope De 14:5...

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Camel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kam'-el (gamal; kamelos; bekher, and bikhrah (Isa 60:6; Jer 2:23 "dromedary," the American Revised Version, margin "young camel"), rekhesh (1 Ki 4:28; see HORSE), kirkaroth (Isa 66:20, "swift beasts," the American Standard Revised ersion. "dromedaries"); bene ha-rammakhim (Est 8:10, "young dromedaries," the American Standard Revised Version "b...

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Chamois in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(pronounced often shame), the translation of the Hebrew zemer in De 14:5 But the translation is incorrect; for there is no evidence that the chamois have ever been seen in Israel or the Lebanon. It is probable that some mountain sheep is intended....

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Camel in Naves Topical Bible

-Herds of Ge 12:16; 24:35; 30:43; 1Sa 30:17; 1Ch 27:30; Job 1:3,17; Isa 60:6 -Docility of Ge 24:11 -Uses of For riding Ge 24:10,61,64; 31:17 Posts Es 8:10,14; Jer 2:23 Drawing chariots Isa 21:7 For carrying burdens Ge 24:10; 37:25; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 8:9; 1Ch 12:40; Isa 30:6 For cavalry 1Sa 30:17 For milk Ge 32:15 -Forbidden as food ...

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Cattle in Naves Topical Bible

-(Of the bovine species) -Used for sacrifice 1Ki 8:63 -See HEIFER -See OFFERINGS -Sheltered Ge 33:17 -Stall-fed Pr 15:17 -Gilead adapted to the raising of Nu 32:1-4 -Bashan suitable to the raising of Ps 22:12; Eze 39:18; Am 4:1...

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Chamois in Easton's Bible Dictionary

only in Deut. 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or gazelle species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or springing. The animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis tragelephus), which is still found in Sinai and in the broken ridges of Stony Arabia. The LXX. and Vulgate render the word by camelopardus, i.e., the giraff...

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Cattle in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kat'-'-l (behemah, "a dumb beast"; miqneh, "a possession" from qanah, "to acquire" (compare Arabic qana', "to acquire," and Greek kienos, "beast," and plural ktenea, "flocks," from ktaomai, "to acquire," flocks being both with the Homeric peoples and with the patriarchs an important form of property; compare English "fee"); tso'n "small cattl...

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