Koy (animal)




Different opinions regarding the identity of the koy:
Deer, hybrid of sheep and gazelle and Bubalus

The koy (Mishnaic Hebrew: כוי) is a kosher animal classified in the Mishnah[1] as an intermediate between cattle and beast.[2]

  1. ^ Tractate Bikkurim 2:8. משנה בכורים ב ח  (in Hebrew) – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Public Domain Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1902). "Bikkurim (First Fruits)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 211.