Foal
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"a son," primarily signifying the relation of offspring to parent, is used of the "foal" of an ass in Matthew 21:5 . See Son.
King James Dictionary [2]
FOAL, n. L. pullus Gr. The primary sense of the verb is to shoot, to cast or throw, to fall. The same verb in Heb. signifies to unite, to fasten. The verb belongs probably to the root of Eng. fall and foul with a different prefix. Foal is literally a shoot, issue, or that which is cast, or which falls.
The young of the equine genus of quadrupeds and of either sex a colt a filly.
FOAL, To bring forth a colt or filly to bring forth young as a mare or a she-ass.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v.t.) To bring forth (a colt); - said of a mare or a she ass.
(2): ( n.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.
(3): ( v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Genesis 49:11 (b) This figure is used to teach us that Judah wanted his posterity to be firmly joined to the Lord. It was his desire to keep the nation of Israel as a producing vine for the glory of GOD.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( עִיַר , A'Yir, or simply בֵּן , the Son of an ass, Zechariah 9:9, as Υἱός ; in Matthew 21:5), an ass's colt ( Genesis 32:15; Genesis 49:11). (See Ass); (See Colt).
