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Chamois
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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CHAMOIS ( zemer , Deuteronomy 14:5 ). The tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of zemer as ‘chamois’ in EV [Note: English Version.] and as ‘camelopard,’ i.e. giraffe, in LXX [Note: Septuagint.] , are both certainly incorrect, as neither of these animals occurs in Palestine. Tristram suggests the wild sheep, Ovis tragelaphus , an animal about 3 feet high with long curved horns. It is well known to the Bedouln.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Chamois'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/c/chamois.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Chamois'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/c/chamois.html. 1909.
