Boar
bor (chazir): In lamenting the troubled state of the Jewish
nation the Psalmist (Ps 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 Israel and
Syria, especially in the thickets which...
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-General scriptures concerning
Ps 80:13
-See SWINE...
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(Heb. chazir). The flesh of swine was forbidden as food by
the Levitical law, Le 11:7; De 14:8 the abhorrence which the
Jews as a nation had of it may be inferred from Isa 65:4 and
2 Macc 6:18,19. No other reason for the command to abstain
from swine's flesh is given in the law of Moses beyond the
general one which forbade any of the mammalia ...
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occurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere
rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22;
Isa. 65:4;
66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and
accordingly
none of these animals were reared, except in the
district beyond
the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the
powers that
destroyed the Jewish natio...
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The flesh of "swine" (domestic) was forbidden food to
Israel. Eating it was the token of apostasy under Antiochus
Epiphanes' persecution, and is mentioned among Judah's
provocations of Jehovah (Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17). E. of
the sea of Galilee, some Gadarenes are mentioned as having a
herd of 2,000. Probably they refrained themselves from t...
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The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of
the field doth devour it....
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Boar, Wild. - The only allusion to this animal is found Ps. lxxix (Hebr., lxxx), 14; however, the wild boar was undoubtedly always, as it is now, common in Israel, having its lair in the woods, and most destructive to vineyards....
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