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title: אַיֶּלֶת — hind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיֶּלֶת (365), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hind. BDB 1906: n.f. hind, doe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיֶּלֶת

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«אַיֶּלֶת» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 365 · **BDB:** אַיָּלָה

### Glosses

a.doe (2); the.doe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/365/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hind, doe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/365/#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: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיֶּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/365/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 22:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.1/)

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לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַל־אַיֶּ֥לֶת הַשַּׁ֗חַר מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on the.doe of the.dawn a.psalm of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

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[Jeremiah 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.5/)

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כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃

*Word for word:* (dm) also a.doe in the field it.has.given.birth and it.has.abandoned (dm) not it.is fresh.grass

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,

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