Hebrew · H365

אַיֶּלֶת

A doe

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אַיֶּלֶת H365

Pronunciation ʾayelet

What does אַיֶּלֶת (ʾayelet) mean in the Bible?

אַיֶּלֶת (ʾayelet): Graceful female deer; metaphor for beauty, swiftness, and vulnerability in poetic and covenantal contexts

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What does אַיֶּלֶת (ʾayelet) mean in the Bible?

אַיֶּלֶת (ʾayelet): Graceful female deer; metaphor for beauty, swiftness, and vulnerability in poetic and covenantal contexts

How many biblical occurrences are listed for H365?

H365 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Hebrew word. Graceful female deer; metaphor for beauty, swiftness, and vulnerability in poetic and covenantal contexts

Strong's H365

Lexical occurrences 3 verses

Verse guides 0 guides

Source Gloss

a doe

Extended definition

Graceful female deer; metaphor for beauty, swiftness, and vulnerability in poetic and covenantal contexts

a doe BDB: hind Usage: hind, Aijeleth.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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