Roe, Roebuck
Roe, Roebuck
ROE, ROEBUCK.1. zb and zbyyh.See Gazelle 2. yalh, Pro 5:19, RV [Note: Revised Version.] doe; see Wild Goat in art. Goat. 3. pher, Son 4:5; Son 7:3, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] young roe, RV [Note: Revised Version.] fawn. 4. yachmr (lit. red), Deu 14:5, 1Ki 4:23, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] fallow deer, RV [Note: Revised Version.] roebucks. The true fallow-deer is the ayyl or hart; see Hart. In the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] yachmr 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.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Roe, Roebuck
ro, robuk: the King James Version has roe and roebuck for , cebh, , cebhyah. the Revised Version (British and American) usually substitutes gazelle in the text (Deu 12:15, etc.) or margin (Pro 6:5, etc.), but retains roe in 2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 12:8; Son 3:5; Son 7:3. So the Revised Version (British and American) has gazelle for the King James Version roe in Sirach 27:20 (dorkas). the Revised Version (British and American) has roe-buck for , yahmur (Deu 14:5; 1Ki 4:23), where the King James Version has fallow deer. In the opinion of the writer, , ‘ayyal English Versions of the Bible hart, should be translated roe-buck, yahmur fallow deer, and cebh gazelle. See DEER; GAZELLE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Roe, Roebuck
The word tsebi is supposed to refer to some species of the gazelle. In the Levitical economy it was ranked with the clean animals. Deu 12:15; Deu 12:22. 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. Son 2:7; Son 2:9; Son 2:17; Son 3:5; Son 4:5; Son 7:3; Son 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.