The Definition of the word Fallow-deer

Fallow-deer

Deut. 14:5 (R.V., Wild goat"); 1 Kings 4:23 (R.V., "roebucks")." "This animal, called in Hebrew yahmur, from a word meaning "to be" "red," is regarded by some as the common fallow-deer, the Cervus" "dama, which is said to be found very generally over Western and" "Southern Asia. It is called "fallow" from its pale-red or yellow" "colour. Some interpreters, however, regard the name as" "designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the "wild cow" of North" "Africa, which is about the size of a stag, like the hartebeest" of South Africa. A species of deer has been found at Mount Carmel which is called yahmur by the Arabs. It is said to be similar to the European roebuck.