Re'em

For the kibbutz in Israel, see Re'im. For the moshav, see Bnei Re'em.
Detail of a former floor mosaic dating from year 1213, Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna.
Oryx in Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel.

A re'em, also reëm (Hebrew: רְאֵם, romanized: rəʾēm), is an animal mentioned nine times in the Hebrew Bible.[note 1] It has been translated as "unicorn" in the Latin Vulgate, King James Version, and in some Christian Bible translations as "oryx" (which was accepted as the referent in Modern Hebrew),[citation needed] "wild ox", "wild bull", "buffalo" or "rhinoceros".[1] Natan Slifkin has argued that the re'em was an aurochs,[2] as has Isaac Asimov before him.[3]


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  1. ^ "Numbers 23:22 - Bible Gateway". www.biblegateway.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  2. ^ Slifkin, Natan (2015). "Aurochs". The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom. Maggid Books. pp. 277–286. ISBN 9781592644049.
  3. ^ Asimov, Isaac (1978). Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare. Avenel Books. ISBN 978-0-517-26825-4.