Roebuck Roe
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
ROE, Roebuck . 1 . zÄ•bî and zÄ•bîyyâh . See Gazelle 2 . ya‘ăl âh , Proverbs 5:19 , RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘ doe ’; see ‘Wild Goat’ in art. Goat. 3 . ‘ôpher , Song of Solomon 4:5; Song of Solomon 7:3 , AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘young roe,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘fawn.’ 4 . yachmûr (lit. ‘red’), Deuteronomy 14:5 , 1 Kings 4:23 , AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ fallow deer ,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘roebucks.’ The true fallow-deer is the ’ayyâl or hart; see Hart. In the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] yachmûr is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] boubalos , the bubale; but it is much more probable that it is the roebuck ( Cervus capreolus ), still called the yahmur by some Arabs. It is a gazelle-like animal with three-branched upright horns.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
The word tsebi is supposed to refer to some species of the gazelle. In the Levitical economy it was ranked with the clean animals. Deuteronomy 12:15,22 . The gazelle is graceful and elegant: three times in the Canticles the bride compares the bridegroom to a roe; and the bridegroom compares the breasts of the bride to two young roes. Song of Solomon 2:7,9,17; Song of Solomon 3:5; Song of Solomon 4:5; Song of Solomon 7:3; Song of Solomon 8:14 . The Gazella dorcas and Gazella Arabica are found in Syria. The Arabs hunt them by a falcon and a greyhound. Repeated attacks upon the head of the gazelle by the bird bewilder it, so that it becomes a prey to the hound, which is trained for the purpose. Others are caught in pits, to which they are driven by the hunters.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Capreolus capreolus Animals
