Lexicon
תְּאוֹ
te.o
H8377
H:N-M Hebrew

antelope

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Hebrew
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te.o denotes an antelope, named in an animal list and used in a comparison of sons lying faint in the streets.

The term names an antelope: it occurs as an animal in a list in Deuteronomy 14:5 and as the animal in a comparison in Isaiah 51:20.

Senses in use

  1. Antelope as animal and comparison · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 14:5, the masculine singular absolute form occurs among listed animals; the APB renders the list with “the antelope.” In Isaiah 51:20, the masculine singular construct form stands in the comparison of sons lying faint at street heads; the APB renders them “like an antelope in a net.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the animal as “the antelope” in Deuteronomy 14:5 and uses “like an antelope in a net” for the comparison in Isaiah 51:20. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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