Bible Dictionaries
Fallow Deer
Morrish Bible Dictionary
yachmur. What species of deer is referred to under this name is not known. The only description of it in scripture is that it was a clean animal that the Israelites might eat, and that it was supplied to the table of Solomon. Deuteronomy 14:5; 1 Kings 4:23 . The Hebrew name seems to imply that it was some deer of a 'red' colour.
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Fallow Deer'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​f/fallow-deer.html. 1897.