AIJELETH-SHAHAR
It appears in the heading of Ps. 22, and means “the doe of the dawn.” It could well refer prophetically to the resurrection of the Lord after the cross.
The Targum explains this expression as meaning “the morning oblation of the lamb.”
If this is correct, the offering of the lamb stands in sharp contrast to “the bulls of Bashan,” roaring like lions, and to the dogs that surrounded the patient victim of the psalm.
Modern criticism sees nothing in these words other than the name of some music with which this psalm was sung.