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GAZELLE (zebî, tr. [Note: translate or translation.] 2Sa_2:18, 1Ch_12:8 etc. in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘roe’; in Deu_14:5 etc. ‘roebuck,’ but in RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘gazelle’).—The gazelle (Arab. [Note: Arabic.] ghazal, also zabi) is one of the commonest of the larger animals of Palestine; it is one of the most beautiful and graceful of antelopes. It is fawn and white in colour; it is much hunted (Pro_6:5, Isa_13:14); it is noted for its speed (2Sa_2:13, 1Ch_12:8); its flesh is considered, at least in towns, a delicacy.
Ghazaleh (‘female gazelle’) is a favourite name for a girl among the Yemin Jews, as Dorcas and Tabitha, with the same meaning, were in NT times (Act_9:36; Act_9:40).
E. W. G. Masterman.