אַיָּלָה
ayala · doe
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H355 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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ayala (אַיָּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “doe”.
Female deer.
How to say it
a·ya·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The female deer, light and sure-footed on the heights.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- does ×4
- like those of the deer ×3
- doe ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a doe let loose, who gives beautiful words.
- 2 Samuel 22:34
He makes my feet like those of the deer, and on my high places he sets me.
- Job 39:1
Do you know the time when the mountain goats of the crag give birth? Do you watch over the calving of the does?
- Psalms 18:33
He makes my feet like those of the deer, and on my high places he makes me stand.
- Psalms 29:9
The voice of YHWH makes the does give birth and strips the forests; and in his temple all of it says, “Glory!”
- Song of Songs 2:7
I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you not awaken nor arouse love until it pleases.
- Song of Songs 3:5
I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you not awaken nor arouse love until it pleases.
- Habakkuk 3:19
YHWH Adonai is my strength, and he makes my feet like those of the deer, and on my high places he makes me walk. For the director. With my stringed instruments.