Bible Dictionary · H
Hart
(Heb. ‘ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean animals (Deut 12:15; Deut 14:5; Deut 15:22), and was commonly killed for food (1 Kgs 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the poetical and prophetical books (Isa 35:6; Song 2:8, Song 2:9; Lam 1:6; Ps 42:1).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.