# H3277 יָעֵל

יָעֵל (yâʻêl), Strong’s H3277: an ibex (as climbing) KJV: wild goat.. Occurs 3 times.

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*yâʻêl* — an ibex (as climbing)

KJV: wild goat.

Derived from [יַעַל yaʻal](https://besorah.bible/word/H3276) (to ascend)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [יָעֵל] n.[m.] mountain-goat

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 24:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=3) — Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild…
- [Psalms 104:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/104?v=18) — The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- [Job 39:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/39?v=1) — “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?