ya.el denotes wild goats, shown in rocky settings and in a birth-time question.

The attested use denotes wild goats: Psalm 104:18 places them in the high mountains, and Job 39:1 asks about their time of giving birth; 1 Samuel 24:3 uses the plural form in a setting beside a cave.

1. Wild goats in rocky and cave-side settings · dominant

   In Psalm 104:18, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the clause that the APB renders, "The high mountains are for the wild goats." In Job 39:1, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the question the APB renders, "Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth?" In 1 Samuel 24:3, the plural absolute form appears in the account of a cave beside the way, though the APB does not make the term's specific contribution clear.

   Psalm 104:18Job 39:11 Samuel 24:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term as "wild goats" in Job 39:1 and Psalm 104:18. In 1 Samuel 24:3, its specific rendering is unclear because the translation instead describes walls of a flock and a cave.