King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2169
Transliteration: zemer
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
Meaning: perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
Word Summary
zemer: perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
Original Word: זֶמֶרTransliteration: zemer
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
Meaning: perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
Strong's Concordance
chamois Apparently from zamar or zamar; a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground) -- chamois.
see HEBREW zamar
see HEBREW zamar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2169. zemer
[זֶ֫מֶר] noun [masculine] a certain animal allowed as food, most probably some kind of mountain-sheep or -goat (ᵑ6 ) וָזָמֶ֑ר Deuteronomy 14:5. (AV RV chamois: but see TristrDB 2. under the word, who points out that this is not a native of any Bible land.)