ROE, ROEBUCK.1. zĕbî and zĕbîyyâh.See Gazelle 2. yaălâh, Pro_5:19, RV [Note: Revised Version.] doe; see Wild Goat in art. Goat. 3. ôpher, Son_4:5; Son_7:3, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] young roe, RV [Note: Revised Version.] fawn. 4. yachmûr (lit. red), Deu_14:5, 1Ki_4:23, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] fallow deer, RV [Note: Revised Version.] roebucks. The true fallow-deer is the ayyâl or hart; see Hart. In the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] yachmûr is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] boubalos, the bubale; but it is much more probable that it is the roebuck (Cervus capreolus), still called the yahmur by some Arabs. It is a gazelle-like animal with three-branched upright horns.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909