stands in the Auth. Vers. as the representative of the following Hebrews words: רָחֵל (rachel', fem.), a "ewe" (Genesis 31:38; Genesis 32:14) or "sheep" generally (Song of Solomon 6:6; Isaiah 53:7); שֶׂה (sek, masc. Exodus 12:5; fem. Jeremiah 1, 17; Ezekiel 34:20), a sheep or goat from a flock generally, variously rendered ("cattle," "sheep," "goat," "ewe"); כִּבְשָׂה (kibsah') or כִּבְשָׂה (kabsah', fem., so called from being fit for coupling), a "ewe-lamb," i.e., from one to three years old (Genesis 21:28-30; Leviticus 14:10; Numbers 6:14; 2 Samuel 12:3-4; 2 Samuel 12:6); עָלוֹת (aloth', milk-giving fem. plur.), milch ("[ewes] with young," Psalms 78:71; Isaiah 40:11). (See SHEEP), etc.