Deuteronomy 14:5
in Deuteronomy 14the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.
KJV
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe hart - איל aiyal, the deer, according to Dr. Shaw: see the note on Deu 12:15. The roebuck - צבי tsebi, generally supposed to be the antelope, belonging to the fifth order Pecora, genus Mammalia, and species 38. It has round twisted spiral horns, hairy tufts on the knees, browses on tender shoots, lives in hilly countries, is fond of climbing rocks, and is remarkable for its beautiful black eyes. The flesh is good and well flavoured.
This site's exposition
These are the animals that you may eat
on Deuteronomy 14:4-8
Leviticus 11:2-8 gave the two tests and named only four animals that fail them. Deuteronomy names ten clean beasts outright, seven of them wild game, which fits the permission at 12:15 to eat the gazelle and deer at home.
This site's exposition
the deer, the gazelle
The seven wild animals of this verse carry Hebrew names that English versions render in different ways. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hold that the King James fallow deer is an antelope, the fallow deer being unknown in Western Asia. Albert Barnes takes the pygarg for a gazelle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The hart, the roebuck, and the fallow deer,....
4 . [2.] Concerning fish there is only one general rule given, that whatsoever had not fins and scales (as shell-fish and eels, besides leeches and other animals in the water that are not proper food) was unclean and forbidden,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The hart--(see on De 12:15). fallow deer--The Hebrew word (Jachmur) so rendered, does not represent the fallow deer, which is unknown in Western Asia, but an antelope (Oryx leucoryx), called by the Arabs, jazmar. It is of a white color, black at the extremities, and a bright red on the thighs.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַיָּ֥ל | ʾaiyal | a deer | H354 → | 11 times |
| וּצְבִ֖י | utzevi | and a gazelle | H6643 → | 33 times |
| וְיַחְמ֑וּר | veyachmur | and a roe-deer | H3180 → | |
| וְאַקּ֥וֹ | veako | and a wild goat | H689 → | |
| וְדִישֹׁ֖ן | vedishon | and an ibex | H1788 → | |
| וּתְא֥וֹ | uteo | and an antelope | H8377 → | |
| וָזָֽמֶר׃ | vazamer | and a mountain sheep | H2169 → |
אַיָּ֥לa deer
ʾaiyalH354 →11 times
וּצְבִ֖יand a gazelle
utzeviH6643 →33 times
וְיַחְמ֑וּרand a roe-deer
veyachmurH3180 →
וְאַקּ֥וֹand a wild goat
veakoH689 →
וְדִישֹׁ֖ןand an ibex
vedishonH1788 →
וּתְא֥וֹand an antelope
uteoH8377 →
וָזָֽמֶר׃and a mountain sheep
vazamerH2169 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.