Roe
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy
gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the
blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the
unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and
as of the hart....
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The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild
goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois...
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Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean
[person shall eat it] alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart....
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ro, ro'-buk: the King James Version has "roe" and "roebuck"
for tsehi, tsebhiyah. the Revised Version (British and
American) usually substitutes "gazelle" in the text (Dt 12:15,
etc.) or margin (Prov 6:5, etc.), but retains "roe" in 2 Sam
2:18; 1 Ch 12:8; Song 3:5; 7:3. So the Revised Version
(British and American) has "gazelle" for the King J...
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The Hebrew words thus translated denote some species of
antelope, probably the Gazella arabica of Syria and Arabia.
The gazelle was allowed as food, De 12:15,22 etc.; it is
mentioned as very fleet of foot, 2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 12:8 it was
hunted, Isa 13:14; Pr 6:5 it was celebrated for its
loveliness. So 2:9,17; 8:14...
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(Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted
for
food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1
Kings 4:23),
noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form
(2 Sam.
2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14).
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great
numbers in
Israel. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still...
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ROE or ROEBUCK. Yaalah, "chamois" (Proverbs 5:19) or ibex, the
female of the wild goat. Tsebi (masculine), tsebiah
(feminine), from whence Tabitha (Greek Dorkas), "loving and
beloved": Acts 9:36. The beautiful antelope or gazelle, the
Antelope dorcas and Antelope Arabica. Slender, graceful, shy,
and timid; the image of feminine loveliness (Son...
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Gazelle (Hebr., çebî, i. e. beauty) has been known at all times as one of the most graceful of all animals. Several species still exist in Israel. Its different characteristics, its beauty of form, its swiftness, its timidity, the splendour and meekness of its eye, are in the present time, as well as during the age of the Old Testament writers, the...
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