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Concise Bible Dictionary: C
By:
George A. Morrish
Deuteronomy 14:5
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The Hebrew word is
zemer
(
Deut. 14:5
5
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. (Deuteronomy 14:5)
), which is held to signify “leaper,” and would thus suit the chamois; but this animal is unknown in Palestine and is supposed never to have existed there. It has been suggested that the animal specified is the
aoudad
, the mountain sheep; others judge the wild goat to be referred to.
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