חֲזִיר, (b. h.) swine. Ḥull. IX, 2 ח׳ של ישוב domesticated swine; ח׳ הבר wild boar. Num. R. s. 12 מה איסור … לְהַחֲ׳ וכ׳ is the swine more strictly forbidden than other unclean animals?—Lev. R. s. 13 ואת הח׳ זו פרס (read רומי or אדום). Ib. מה ח׳ וכ׳ as the swine … stretches out its cloven feet (sign of cleanness), … so does the Roman government &c., v. בִּימָה. Gen. R. s. 65, beg.; a. fr.—Pl. חֲזִירִים, חֲזִירִין. Kidd. 49ᵇ תשעה נטלו ח׳ nine (measures of plagues) did swines receive. B. Kam. VII, 7; a. e.—Fem. חֲזִירָה, חֲזִירְתָּה sow. Esth. R. to III, 1. Ib. to I, 15 לח׳ כדת וכ׳ the swine (Vashti) to be treated according to law, but the holy people &c.!, v. אַכְזְרִיּוּת.