Roe, Roebuck

 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 7
Listen from:
• BibleTruthPublishers.com
The word tsebi is supposed to refer to some species of the gazelle. In the Levitical economy it was ranked with the clean animals (Deut. 12:15,2215Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. (Deuteronomy 12:15)
22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. (Deuteronomy 12:22)). The gazelle is graceful and elegant: three times in the Song of Solomon the bride compares the bridegroom to a roe; and the bridegroom compares the breasts of the bride to two young roes (Song of Sol. 2:7,9,177I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (Song of Solomon 2:7)
9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:9)
17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Solomon 2:17); Song of Sol. 3:55I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (Song of Solomon 3:5); Song of Sol. 4:55Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (Song of Solomon 4:5); Song of Sol. 7:33Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. (Song of Solomon 7:3); Song of Sol. 8:1414Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Solomon 8:14)). The Gazella dorcas and Gazella Arabica are found in Syria. The Arabs hunt them by a falcon and a greyhound. Repeated attacks upon the head of the gazelle by the bird bewilder it, so that it becomes a prey to the hound, which is trained for the purpose. Others are caught in pits, to which they are driven by the hunters.
 
Mountain Gazelle—Israel