Jastrow: יְעֵלָה

יְעֵלָה, יַעֲלָה ) f.(b. h.; v. יָעֵל II) gazelle. Gen. R. s. 12; Yalk. Ps. 862 (ref. to Ps. CIV, 18) [read:] … הי׳ הזו היא והיא מתייראה וכ׳ the gazelle is of tender build and she is afraid of the wild beasts &c.; (Midr. Sam. ch. IX אַיֶּלֶת).—יַעֲלַת חן ‘graceful gazelle’, an expression used in praise of a bride and also of a scholar on his ordination (v., however, עָלָה). Keth. 17ᵃ; Snh. 14ᵃ