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stands in the Auth. Vers. as the representative of the following Hebrews words: øָçֵì (rachel', fem.), a "ewe" (Gen_31:38; Gen_32:14) or "sheep" generally (Son_6:6; Isa_53:7); ùֶׂä (sek, masc. Exo_12:5; fem. Jeremiah 1, 17; Eze_34:20), a sheep or goat from a flock generally, variously rendered ("cattle," "sheep," "goat," "ewe"); ëִּáְùָׂä (kibsah') or ëִּáְùָׂä (kabsah', fem., so called from being fit for coupling), a "ewe-lamb," i.e., from one to three years old (Gen_21:28-30; Lev_14:10; Num_6:14; 2Sa_12:3-4; 2Sa_12:6); òָìåֹú (aloth', milk-giving fem. plur.), milch ("[ewes] with young," Psa_78:71; Isa_40:11). SEE SHEEP, etc.