Encyclopedia of The Bible – Fallow Deer
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Fallow Deer

FALLOW DEER (יַחְמ֑וּר, fallow deer [Deut 14:5; 1 Kings 4:23] KJV; ROEBUCK ASV, RSV). A traditional identification of Bubal Hartebeest, q.v., for reasons for considering this unlikely. Fallow deer have long been kept successfully as park animals and this is therefore a possible tr. See Deer for discussion of deer that once lived in Pal.