Chamois: Only in
(Deuteronomy 14:5) (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or gazelle
species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or springing. The
animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis tragelephus), which
is still found in Sinai and in the broken ridges of Stony Arabia. The
LXX. and Vulgate render the word by camelopardus, i.e., the giraffe;
but this is an animal of Central Africa, and is not at all known in
Syria.
