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title: אַיָּלָה — hind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיָּלָה (355), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: hind. BDB 1906: n.f. hind, doe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיָּלָה

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«אַיָּלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hind** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 355 · **BDB:** אַיָּלָה

### Glosses

does (4); the.does (2); \[is\].a.doe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/355/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hind, doe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/355/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hind, doe—א׳ abs. Gn 49:21 (but read אֵילָה v. infr.); אַיֶּ֫לֶת Je 14:5; cstr. אַיֶּ֫לֶת ψ 22:1 Pr 5:19; pl. אַיָּלוֹת ψ 29:9 + 4 times; cstr. אַיְלוֹת Ct 2:7; 3:5—hind, doe, as calving Jb 39:1 (חֹלֵל א׳ ‖ לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי סָ֑לַע) cf. ψ 29:9 קוֹל יָ׳ יְחוֹלֵל א׳; in adjuration בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּא׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Ct 2:7; 3:5; in sim. מְשַׁיֶּה רַגְלַי כָּא ψ 18:34; = 2 S 22:34 cf. וַיָּשֶׂם ר׳ כָּא׳ Hb 3:19 i.e. surefooted, secure, cf. ‖ וְעַל בָּמֹתַי יַעֲמִידֵנִי ψ 18:34 2 S 22:34; so Hb 3:19 but vb. יַדְרִכֵנִי; metaph. of Naphtali Gn 49:21 א׳ שְׁלֻחָה, but read אִילָה, cf. sub i. אֵלָה; in name of a melody ψ 22:1 עַל־אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר cf. De, \& for hind as fig. of dawn Yom.29 a.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיָּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/355/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.21/)

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נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* Naphtali \[is\].a.doe let.loose \[which\] utters words of.beauty

*JPS 1917:* Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

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[Job 39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.1/)

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הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֭ת לֶ֣דֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע חֹלֵ֖ל אַיָּל֣וֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* do you.know? \[the\].time of.\[the\].bringing.forth of.mountain.goats of.rock \[the\].bringing.forth of.does do.you.watch?

*JPS 1917:* Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

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