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. 12:15,22). 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. 2:7,9,17; Song of Sol. 3:5; Song of Sol. 4:5; Song of Sol. 7:3; Song of Sol. 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