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BOAR.—The wild boar (Arab. [Note: Arabic.] khanzir) is quite common in the Jordan Valley, specially in the reed thickets near the Dead Sea. It is also found on Mount Tabor. It is still noted for its destructiveness (Psa_80:18). Though a forbidden food to the Moslem as well as the Jew (Lev_11:7, Deu_14:8), the flesh is eaten by the nominally Moslem Bedouin of Palestine. See Swine.
E. W. G. Masterman.