STRONGS NUMBER H2386

H2386. chazir

חֲזִיר‎ noun masculine^{Psalm 80:14} swine, boar (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲזִירָא‎, Arabic (Aramaic Loan-word according to Frä¹¹⁰, yet see Lag^{BN 113}); Ethiopic : (only once; = wild boar), see Hom^{NS 319 f.} 358, 385) — always stative absolute, 4 t. with article ׳הַח‎; —

1 swine, forbidden as food Leviticus 11:7 (P), Deuteronomy 14:8, compare הַח ׳בְּשַׂר‎ Isaiah 65:4; 66:17, and ׳דַּםחֿ‎ 66:3 as heathen offering (RS^{Semitic 1, 272, 325, 338, 392}); with implication of repul siveness ח בְּאַף זָהָב ׳נֶזֶם‎ Proverbs 11:22 simile of fair woman with dubious character.

2 wild boar ׳ח מִיָּ֑עַר‎ Psalm 80:14 figurative of foes of Israel (in figurative of vineyard).