Chamois
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only in Deut 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or gazelle species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or springing. The animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis tragelephus), which is still found in Sinai and in the broken ridges of Stony Arabia. The LXX. and Vulgate render the word by camelopardus, i.e., the giraffe; but this is an animal of Central Africa, and is not at all known in Syria.
This article needs to be merged with CHAMOIS (Jewish Encyclopedia).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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