Lexicon
אַיֶּלֶת
ay.ye.let
H0365
H:N-F Hebrew

doe

3
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

ay.ye.let denotes a female deer, shown as a mother in the field and as a figure in a loving marital description.

The occurrences show a female deer in concrete and figurative settings: Jeremiah 14:5 depicts one giving birth in a grassless field, while Proverbs 5:19 uses the animal within a loving description. Psalm 22:1 has the same construct form, but the supplied translation does not make its contribution identifiable.

Senses in use

  1. Female deer in field and loving imagery · dominant

    In Jeremiah 14:5, the absolute singular form occurs in the clause the APB renders, “Even the doe in the field gave birth and abandoned her young,” placing the animal in a scene of deprivation. In Proverbs 5:19, the construct singular form occurs in the APB’s loving description, “A loving doe, a graceful deer.”

  2. Construct-form occurrence with unclear clause contribution · occasional

    Psalm 22:1 contains the construct singular form, but the supplied APB renders the verse as a cry of forsakenness and does not make the term’s specific contribution clear.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “doe” in Jeremiah 14:5 and “loving doe” in Proverbs 5:19. In Psalm 22:1, its translation does not visibly isolate the term’s contribution.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture