- For the kibbutz in Israel, see Re'im. For the moshav, see Bnei Re'em.
A
Re'em, also called a
Reëm , is an animal mentioned nine times in the
Hebrew Bible (
Job ,
Deuteronomy ,
Numbers and ;
Psalms , and ; and
Isaiah ) and variously translated as a
unicorn or a wild ox. It was first identified in modern times with the
aurochs by Johann Ulrich Duerst who discovered it was based on the
Akkadian cognate rimu, meaning
Bos primigenius, the aurochs, progenitor of
cattle. This has been generally accepted, as it is today even among religious scholars. It has been translated in Christian Bibles as "
oryx" and quite erroneously as "
unicorn" in the
Authorized King James Version Bible. Some
Creationists believe it to be a
triceratops, while others believe it is a
rhinoceros.
