Lexicon
חֲזִיר
cha.zir
H2386
H:N-M Hebrew

swine

7
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

cha.zir denotes a swine, appearing in dietary instructions, eating and offering contexts, and a proverb’s animal comparison.

The attested usage denotes a swine as an animal: it is identified as unclean in dietary instructions, appears in references to its flesh and blood, and supplies the animal image in a proverb. The supplied Psalm verse contains the form, though its APB rendering does not display the surrounding clause involving it.

Senses in use

  1. The animal in dietary, ritual, and figurative contexts · dominant

    The singular absolute noun identifies the animal in the dietary clauses of Deuteronomy 14:8 and Leviticus 11:7, where the APB renders it “swine” and describes it as unclean. In Isaiah 65:4, Isaiah 66:17, and Isaiah 66:3, the APB renders clauses about eating its flesh or offering its blood; Proverbs 11:22 uses “a pig's snout” in its comparison. Psalm 80:14 also contains the singular absolute form, but the supplied APB verse does not make its particular clause visible.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the animal as “swine,” while Proverbs 11:22 has “a pig's snout” in the proverb. Psalm 80:14 contains the form in the supplied data, but its APB rendering does not show a corresponding animal phrase.

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