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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.