Zemer — H2169

Definition

masculine noun

a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground)

1. mountain sheep, mountain goat, moufflon, gazelle, chamois (meaning uncertain)
1. a certain animal allowed as food (specific species uncertain)
2. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

chamois

Origin

apparently from H2167 or H2168

• Zâmar (H2167)
• Zâmar (H2168)

Occurrences

Zemer occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1)

• Deuteronomy 14:5 — The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois (וָזָֽמֶר).