יחמור
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic يَحْمُور (yaḥmūr, “roe deer”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /jaχ.ˈmuʀ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /jaħ.ˈmuʀ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /jaħ.ˈmuːr/
Noun
יַחְמוּר • (yakhmúr, yaḥmūr) m (plural indefinite יַחְמוּרִים)
- fallow deer
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 14:5, with translation of the King James Version:
- אַיָּל וּצְבִי, וְיַחְמוּר; וְאַקּוֹ וְדִישֹׁן, וּתְאוֹ וָזָמֶר.
- ʾayyāl vẓḇī, vyaḥmūr; vʾaḳḳo vdiŝōn, ūtʾō vāzāmer.
- the hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | יַחְמוּר | first | יַחְמוּרִי | יַחְמוּרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַיַּחְמוּר | second | יַחְמוּרְךָ | יַחְמוּרֵךְ | יַחְמוּרְכֶם | יַחְמוּרְכֶן | |
| construct | יַחְמוּר־ | third | יַחְמוּרוֹ | יַחְמוּרָהּ | יַחְמוּרָם | יַחְמוּרָן | |
| plural | indefinite | יַחְמוּרִים | first | יחמוריי / יַחְמוּרַי | יַחְמוּרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַיַּחְמוּרִים | second | יַחְמוּרֶיךָ | יחמורייך / יַחְמוּרַיִךְ | יַחְמוּרֵיכֶם | יַחְמוּרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | יַחְמוּרֵי־ | third | יַחְמוּרָיו | יַחְמוּרֶיהָ | יַחְמוּרֵיהֶם | יַחְמוּרֵיהֶן | |
References
- H3180 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “יחמור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "יחמור" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- יחמור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he