אַיָּלָה Doe
Every verse in which this word stands — 11 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The ayalah — Naftali the doe let loose, the doe of the dawn of Tehillim 22's title, the calving doe of Iyov 39. The construct spelling ayelet is counted with this row.
נַפְתָּלִי אַיָּלָה שְׁלֻחָה הַנֹּתֵן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
מְשַׁוֶּה רגליו כָּאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמוֹתַי יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי
Who maketh my feet like hinds’, And setteth me upon my high places;
כִּי גַם־אַיֶּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה יָלְדָה וְעָזוֹב כִּי לֹֽא־הָיָה דֶּֽשֶׁא
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, Because there is no grass,
יְהוִהּ אֲדֹנָי חֵילִי וַיָּשֶׂם רַגְלַי כָּֽאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמוֹתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי
God, the Lord, is my strength, And He maketh my feet like hinds’feet, And He maketh me to walk upon my high places. For the Leader. With my string-music.
מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כָּאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמֹתַי יַעֲמִידֵֽנִי
Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד
For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David.
קוֹל יְהוָה יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂף יְעָרוֹת וּבְהֵיכָלוֹ כֻּלּוֹ אֹמֵר כָּבֽוֹד
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare; And in His temple all say: 'Glory.'
אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכָל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד
A lovely hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; With her love be thou ravished always.
הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה אִם־תָּעִירוּ וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ
’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.’
הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה אִם־תָּעִירוּ וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ
’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, Until it please.’
Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for doe?
Doe in Hebrew is אילה, with a gematria of 46 in the standard method.
How many times is the doe mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 49:21.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters אילה stand 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
See the one occurrence of the spelling אילה →