יָעֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3277

mountain-goat — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

mountain-goat tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָעֵל: mountain-goat tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] mountain-goat (NH id.; 𝔗 יְעֵילָא, Syriac ܝܰܥܠܴܐ; Arabic وَعَلٌ, وَعْلٌ; Assyrian ya’ilu DlS 53 (but HptBAS i. 170, Jägerib. 465); Ethiopic ውዕላ v. HomNS 280)—Pl. יְעֵלִים ψ 104:18 (‖ שְׁפַנִּים); צוּרֵי הַיּ׳ 1 S 24:3; יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע Jb 39:1 (‖ אַיָּלוֹת; cf. i. יַעֲלָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: goats (1); of mountain goats (1); the mountain goats (1).

In the verses

Job 39:1 · tree →

הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֭ת לֶ֣דֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע חֹלֵ֖ל אַיָּל֣וֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

Word for word: do you.know? [the].time of.[the].bringing.forth of.mountain.goats of.rock [the].bringing.forth of.does do.you.watch?

JPS 1917: Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Psalms 104:18 · tree →

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃

Word for word: [the].mountains (the) high [belong].to the.mountain goats crags [are].a.refuge for the.rock badgers

JPS 1917: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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