"(Heb. `ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean" "animals (Deut. 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for" food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the "poetical and prophetical books (Isa. 35:6; Cant. 2:8, 9; Lam." 1:6; Ps. 42:1).