tse.vi names an animal cited for food, swiftness, flight, and comparisons with a beloved.

The noun most often occurs in comparisons: Asahel's swift feet, urgent escape, a banished creature's flight, and descriptions of a beloved. It also names an animal in instructions about eating and in a plural adjuration formula; its specific contribution is not clear from the supplied translation in 1 Chronicles 12:9 and 1 Kings 5:3.

1. Animal used in comparisons · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 2:18 the plural noun occurs in the comparison of Asahel's feet with an animal of the field; the APB renders him as "swift of foot." In Isaiah 13:14 and Proverbs 6:5, the comparison depicts a banished creature and urgent rescue from a hunter, while Song of Songs 2:9, Song of Songs 2:17, and Song of Songs 8:14 compare the beloved with the animal.

   2 Samuel 2:18Isaiah 13:14Proverbs 6:5Song of Songs 2:9Song of Songs 2:17Song of Songs 8:14
2. Animal named in food instructions · common

   The singular noun is paired with deer in Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:22, and Deuteronomy 15:22 as the comparison for meat that clean and unclean persons may eat. In Deuteronomy 14:5 it stands within a list of animals.

   Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 12:22Deuteronomy 14:5Deuteronomy 15:22
3. Plural animal in an adjuration · occasional

   The plural noun occurs in the adjuration addressed to the daughters of Jerusalem in Song of Songs 2:7 and Song of Songs 3:5. The APB renders the clause "by the gazelles or by the does of the field" before the instruction not to awaken love.

   Song of Songs 2:7Song of Songs 3:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer animal contexts, the APB commonly uses "gazelle," including food instructions, escape imagery, and comparisons with the beloved. Its wording does not isolate the noun's contribution in 1 Chronicles 12:9 or 1 Kings 5:3.