אַיָּלʼayâl

Same root

• אַיִלʼayil · H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
• אַיָּלָהʼayâlâh · H355a doe or female deer
• אַיָּלוֹןʼAyâlôwn · H357Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 12:15 “But you may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want. You may freely eat the animals with which the Lord your God blesses you. All of you, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you now eat gazelle and deer.
• Deuteronomy 12:22 Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you do now with gazelle and deer.
• Deuteronomy 14:5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
• Deuteronomy 15:22 Instead, use it for food for your family in your hometown. Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat it, just as anyone may eat a gazelle or deer.
• 1 Kings 4:23 also 10 oxen from the fattening pens, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep or goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roe deer, and choice poultry.
• Psalms 42:1 As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.