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Psalms 42:2

“My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַיָּלʼayâl · ah-yawl'
H354 · Hebrew

Definition: a stag or male deer
Derivation: an intensive form of H352 (אַיִל) (in the sense of ram);
KJV renderings: hart.
Grammar: כְּ — preposition
אַיָּ֗ל — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncbsa
Usage: Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:22 Deuteronomy 14:5 Deuteronomy 15:22 1 Kings 5:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַיָּל here.

Verse 1 Verse 3

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.