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title: אַיָּל — hart · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיָּל (354), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: hart. BDB 1906: hart, stag, deer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיָּל

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«אַיָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hart** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 354 · **BDB:** אַיָּל

### Glosses

deer (6); the.deer(s) (3); a.deer (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/354/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hart, stag, deer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/354/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (f. ψ 42:2) hart, stag, deer (Aramaic id., ܐܰܝܠܴܐ Arabic إِيَّلٌ Assyrian ailu DlW, but dub., v. HptBAS i. 170, Ethiopic ሀየል = leader? cf. אַיִל. Arabic إِيَّلٌ = ibex (i.q. وَعْلٌ, وَعِلٌ).) א׳ abs. Dt 12:15 + 6 times; pl. אַיָּלִים Ct 2:9 + 3 times;—hart, stag, allowed as food Dt 12:15, 22; 15:22 (all ‖ צְבִי); 14:5 (‖ צְבִי, יַחְמוּר etc.); eaten in Sol.’s household 1 K 5:3 (‖ as Dt 14:5); sim. of leaping Is 35:6; id. עֹפֶר הָא׳ Ct 2:9, 17; 8:14 (all ‖ צְבִי); as in search of pasture, sim. of princes of Judah La 1:6; as longing for water, sim. of longing for י׳ ψ 42:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/354/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.5/)

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אַיָּ֥ל וּצְבִ֖י וְיַחְמ֑וּר וְאַקּ֥וֹ וְדִישֹׁ֖ן וּתְא֥וֹ וָזָֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* a.deer and a.gazelle and a.roe-deer and a.wild.goat and an.ibex and an.antelope and a.mountain.sheep

*JPS 1917:* the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

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[Psalms 42:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.2/)

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כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* like a.deer \[which\].it.pants towards channels of.water so being my it.pants to you O.God

*JPS 1917:* As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.

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