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H2386

חֲזִיר

cha.zirH:N-M

swine

1) hog, swine, boar 1a) swine (as forbidden food) 1b) wild boar

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֲזִיר noun masculinePs 80:14 swine, boar (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲזִירָא, Arabic (Aramaic Loan-word according to Frä110, yet see LagBN 113); Ethiopic : (only once; = wild boar), see HomNS 319 f. 358, 385) — always stative absolute, 4 t. with article ׳הַח; —

1. swine, forbidden as food Lev 11:7 (P), Deut 14:8, compare ׳בְּשַׂר הַח Isa 65:4; Isa 66:17, and ׳דַּםחֿ Isa 66:3 as heathen offering (RSSemitic 1, 272, 325, 338, 392); with implication of repul siveness ׳נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף ח Prov 11:22 simile of fair woman with dubious character.
2. wild boar מִיָּ֑עַר ׳ח Ps 80:14 figurative of foes of Israel (in figurative of vineyard).

6 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3)