H0689 H0689
wild goat or ibex; a clean animal permitted for food (Deut 14:5)
This animal appears in Deuteronomy's list of permitted game, positioned among gazelles, deer, and other wild ruminants. Ancient versions identified it as ibex or wild goat. The inclusion of such creatures in kosher legislation reveals Israel's dietary laws encompassed both domestic livestock and huntable game. The term captures the bounty available in the Promised Land's diverse ecosystems.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Deuteronomy 14:5 permits: 'the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.' This 'wild goat' stands amid other clean game animals. Multilingual consensus (English 'wild-goat', Spanish 'cabra-montés', French 'wild-bouc', German 'wild-Ziege') identifies it as mountain-dwelling wild goat or ibex. The list reflects both legislative precision and the ecological richness Israel would inherit in Canaan's varied terrain. 1×
AR["وَ-الْأُقُو"]·ben["এবং-বন্য-ছাগল"]·DE["und-wild-Ziege"]·EN["and-wild-goat"]·FR["et-wild-bouc"]·heb["ו-אקו"]·HI["और-जंगली-बकरी"]·ID["dan-kambing-hutan"]·IT["e-wild-capro"]·jav["lan-wedhus-gunung"]·KO["그리고-야산-염소과"]·PT["e-cabra-montês"]·RU["и-горный-козёл"]·ES["y-cabra-montés"]·SW["na-mbawala"]·TR["ve-yaban-keçisi"]·urd["اور-عکو"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַקּוֹ n.m. wild goat (?) only Dt 14:5 in list of clean animals אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר וְאַקּוֹ וְדִישֹׁן וּתְאוֹ וָזָ֑מֶר (𝔊 ὄρυξ, 𝔖 𝔗 ibex; cf. BoHieroz. i. 900 f., Thes sub אנק cf. MV, with ref. to Arabic عناق goat; Thes comp. also Talm אִיקָא, but NHWB MV refer this to αἴξ).