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ROE, ROEBUCK.—1. zĕbî and zĕîyyâh.—See Gazelle 2. ya‘ãl âh, Pro_5:19, RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘doe’; see ‘Wild Goat’ in art. Goat. 3. ‘ôpher, Son_4:5; Son_7:3, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘young roe,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘fawn.’ 4. yachmûr (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 ’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.