יָעֵלyâʻêl
mountain-goat (Psalms 104:18; 1 Samuel 24:3; Job 39:1)
Pronunciation: yaw-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3277
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 24:2 So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.
- Job 39:1 “Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
- Psalms 104:18 High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).