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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H365
ay.ye.let — doe
1) doe, deer, hind 2) "Aijeleth Shahar" is part of the title of Ps 22:1 and probably describes to the musician the melody to which the psalm was to be played
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Hind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps. 22. It is probably the name of some song or tune to the measure of which the psalm was to be chanted. Some, however, understand by the name some instrument of music, or an allegorical allusion to the subject of the psalm.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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