אַיָּל
ʼayâl · ah-yawl'
a stag or male deer
Lexicon
Derivation: an intensive form of H352 (אַיִל) (in the sense of ram);
a stag or male deer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hart.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַיָּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hart3 · 27%
- and as of the hart1 · 9%
- and the hart1 · 9%
- the hart1 · 9%
- and as the hart1 · 9%
- beside harts1 · 9%
- as the hart1 · 9%
- as an hart1 · 9%
- are become like harts1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.