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Hare
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
or ארנבת , Arabic arneb, Leviticus 11:6; Deuteronomy 14:7 . This name is derived, as Bochart and others suppose, from ארה , to crop, and ניב , the produce of the ground; these animals being remarkable for devouring young plants and herbage. This animal resembles the rabbit, but is larger, and somewhat longer in proportion to its thickness. The hare in Syria, says Dr. Russel, is distinguished into two species, differing considerably in point of size. The largest is the Turkman hare, and chiefly haunts the plains; the other is the common hare of the desert: both are abundant. The difficulty as to this animal is, that Moses says the arnabeth chews the cud, which our hares do not: but Aristotle takes notice of the same circumstance, and affirms that the structure of its stomach is similar to that of ruminating animals. The animal here mentioned may then be a variety of the species.
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Hare'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/h/hare.html. 1831-2.
