Lexical Definition

‎יַחְמוּר‎ yachmûwr (yakh-moor') roebuck ^H:N-M
from ‎חָמַר‎

fallow deer.

• a kind of deer

1) roebuck
1a) a kind of deer, reddish in colour
1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַחְמוּר‎ noun [masculine] roebuck (Samaritan ‎יחמור‎, Syriac ᵑ7 ‎יַחְמוּרָא‎ see Hom^{NS 392} (and 339), Lag^{BN 127}; name from reddish colour ?) — edible Deut 14:5; 1Kgs 5:3* — on identification with roebuck, see Tristr^{Proc. Zool. Soc. London, May 2, 1876} Conder^{Tent Work, 1887, p.91}.

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