hebrew #2169 - זֶמֶר zemer (perhaps a mountain sheep or goat)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance chamois Apparently from zamar or zamar; a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground) -- chamois. see HEBREW zamar see HEBREW zamar Englishman's Concordance 1) mountain sheep, mountain goat, moufflon, gazelle, chamois (meaning uncertain) 1a) a certain animal allowed as food (specific species uncertain) 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: apparently from H2167 or H2168 Same Word by TWOT Number: 560b Brown-Driver-Briggs [זֶ֫מֶר] noun [masculine] a certain animal allowed as food, most probably some kind of mountain-sheep or -goat (ᵑ6  ) וָזָמֶ֑רDeuteronomy 14:5. (AV RV chamois: but see TristrDB 2. under the word, who points out that this is not a native of any Bible land.)Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2169. זָ֫מֶר (zemer) — 1 OccurrenceDeuteronomy 14:5 |