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• חֲזִיר

bōr ( חזיר , ḥăzı̄r ): In lamenting the troubled state of the Jewish nation the Psalmist (Psalm 80:13 ) says: "The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it," with evident reference to Israel's enemies, the Assyrians, etc. The wild boar is abundant in certain parts of Palestine and Syria, especially in the thickets which border the lakes and rivers, as about the Ḥūleh , the sea of Galilee, the Jordan, and in the deltas of streams flowing into the Dead Sea, as Ghaur -us -Ṣāfiyeh . Several fountains in Lebanon bear the name, ‛Ain -ul -Ḥazı̄r , though ḥazı̄r is not an Arabic word, khanzı̄r being the Arabic for "swine." See SWINE .