Yachmûwr — H3180

Definition

masculine noun

a kind of deer

1. roebuck
1. a kind of deer, reddish in colour
2. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

fallow deer

Origin

from H2560

• Derived from Châmar (H2560)

Occurrences

Yachmûwr occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Deuteronomy 14:5 — The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer (וְיַחְמ֑וּר), and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
• 1 Kings 4:23 — Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer (וְיַחְמ֔וּר), and fatted fowl.