Hart, Hind
Hart, Hind
HART, HIND (ayyl, ayylh, and ayyeleth).This is the fallow-deer, the iyyl of the Arabs, Cervus dama. It is not common in W. Palestine to-day, but evidently was so once (1Ki 4:23): it is mentioned as a clean animal in Deu 12:15; Deu 12:22 etc. Its habits when pursued are referred to in Psa 42:1 and Lam 1:6. The fallow-deer of Deu 14:5 and 1Ki 4:23 refers to the roe (wh. see). The hind is mentioned in Gen 49:21, Job 39:1, Psa 29:9 etc. Its care of its young (Jer 14:5), the secrecy of its hiding-place when calving (Job 39:1), and its timidity at such times (Psa 29:9) are all noticed. In Gen 49:21 Naphtali is compared to a hind let loose, although many prefer to render a slender terebinth.
E. W. G. Masterman.