(Hebrews `ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean animals (Deuteronomy 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the poetical and prophetical books (Isaiah 35:6; Cant. 2:8, 9; Lamentations 1:6; Psalm 42:1).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

(n.) A stag; the male of the red deer.