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chamois

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(shammy) (buck). The chamois not known in Palestine. A wild sheep, or goat, may be meant (Deut. 14:5⁵The 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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The Hebrew word is zemer (Deut. 14:5⁵The 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.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2169 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

zemer

Phonic:

zeh’-mer

Meaning:

apparently from 2167 or 2168; a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground)

KJV Usage:

chamois