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Ram (2)

Ram (2) ram: (1) The ordinary word is 'ayil, which is remarkably near to 'ayyal, "deer" (compare Latin caper, capra, "goat," and capreolus, "wild goat" or "roe-buck"; also Greek dorkas, "roe-buck" or "gazelle"...

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Ram (2) ram:
(1) The ordinary word is 'ayil, which is remarkably near to 'ayyal, "deer" (compare Latin caper, capra, "goat," and capreolus, "wild goat" or "roe-buck"; also Greek dorkas, "roe-buck" or "gazelle").
(2) dekhar, literally, "male" (Ezra 6:9, Ezra 6:17, Ezra 7:17).

(3) kar, "battering ram" (Ezek 4:2, Ezek 21:22); elsewhere "lamb" (De 32:14, etc.).

(4) `attudh, properly "he-goat" ("ram," Gen 31:10, Gen 31:12 the King James Version).

See SHEEP.

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