Strong's Lexicon

H354

H354 — אַיָל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewayalnoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 45k

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H354
Word:	אַיָל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	an intensive form of H352 (in the sense of ram)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	ayal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ah-yawl'
Meaning:	1. a stag or male deer
KJV Renderings:	hart.

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אַיָּל noun [masculine] (feminine Ps 42:2) hart, stag, deer (Aramaic id., [untranscribed source text 99], Arabic [untranscribed source text 100], Assyrian ailu Dl^w, but dubious, see Hpt^{BAS
i. 170}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 101] = leader ? compare אַיִל) Arabic [untranscribed source text 102] = ibex (i. q. [untranscribed source text 103], [untranscribed source text 104]). — ׳ א absolute Deut 12:15 + 6 t.; plural אַיָּלִים Song 2:9 + 3 t.; — hart, stag, allowed as food Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22; Deut 15:22 (all || צְבִי); Deut 14:5 (|| צְבִי, יַחְמוּר etc.); eaten in Solomon's household 1Kgs 5:3 (|| as Deut 14:5); simile of leaping Isa 35:6 id. ׳ עֹפֶר הָא Song 2:9; Song 2:17; Song 8:14 (all || צְבִי); as in search of pasture, simile of princes of Judah Lam 1:6 as longing for water, simile of longing for ׳ י Ps 42:2.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

איל (ahy-yahl’)

1 Kings 4:23

KJV: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

EHCC: (5:3), an hundred sheep, beside Aarts, (lit.

Psalms 42:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Maschil…: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etcpanteth: Heb. brayeth

EHCC: (2). As the hart panteth after the water

Song of Songs 2:9

KJV: My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.shewing…: Heb. flourishing

EHCC: 17.8 young Aart: (lit. the fawn of hurts)

Song of Songs 8:14

KJV: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.Make…: Heb. Flee away

EHCC: or toa young hart upon the mountains

Isaiah 35:6

KJV: Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

EHCC: Then shall the lame (man) leap asan Aart,

Lamentations 1:6

KJV: And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

EHCC: herprinces are become like harts