Pygarg

occurs, (14:5) in the list of clean animals as the rendering of the Heb. dishon , the name apparently of one species of antelope, though it is by no means easy to identify it.

Pygarg

White-rump. This is properly the name of a species of eagle; but is applied, in De 14:5, to a quadruped, apparently a species of gazelle or antelope. So the Syriac version and Targums. Both the Arabic versions refer it to a species of mountain goat.

Hebrews dishon, "springing", (Deuteronomy 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History. (n.) Alt. of Pygargus.PYGARG

pi'-garg (dishon; Septuagint pugargos; compare proper nouns, "Dishon" and "Dishan" (Genesis 36:21-30 1 Chronicles 1:38-42); according to BDB, Hommel, Saugethiere, derives... from dush, Arabic das, "to tread," and compare Assyrian dashshu, "mountain-goat"): Dishon as the name of an animal occurs only in Deuteronomy 14:5 in the list of clean beasts. Both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) have "pygarg," which is not the recognized name of any animal whatever. The Septuagint pugargos (from puge, "rump," and argos, "white") was used by Herodotus (iv.192) as the name of an antelope. A white rump is a very common feature of deer and antelopes, and is commonly explained as enabling the fleeing herd easily to keep in sight of its leaders. It has been used as a specific name of Cervus pygargus, the Tartarian roe, and Bubalis pygargus, a small South African antelope. The Arabic Bible has ri'm, "a white gazelle," a kindred word to re'em, the King James Version "unicorn," the Revised Version (British and American) "wild-ox." Tristram, Tristram, Natural History of the Bible, considers dishon to be the addax, Antilope addax or Addax nasomaculatus. There is excellent reason, however, for believing that the range of this African antelope does not extend into Palestine, Sinai or Arabia. For a discussion of the animal names in Deuteronomy 14:4, 5, see ZOOLOGY.

Alfred Ely Day

1788. dishon -- mountain goat (a cermonially clean animal)
... An antelope -- pygarg. From duwsh; the leaper, ie An antelope -- pygarg. see
HEBREW duwsh. 1787, 1788. dishon. 1789 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/1788.htm - 6kPygarg (1 Occurrence)
...PYGARG. ... Both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)
have "pygarg," which is not the recognized name of any animal whatever. ...
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Wild-goat (1 Occurrence)
... Wild-goat (1 Occurrence). Deuteronomy 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the
fallow-deer, and the wild-goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. ...
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Fallow-deer (2 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the
wild-goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. (WBS). ...
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Fallow (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV). Deuteronomy 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow
deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. ...
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Dishan (5 Occurrences)
... di'-shan, di'-shon (dishan, dishon, "antelope," "pygarg"): A Horite clan, mentioned
as the youngest "son" and elsewhere as the "grandson" of Seir. ...
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Dishon (7 Occurrences)
... di'-shan, di'-shon (dishan, dishon, "antelope," "pygarg"): A Horite clan, mentioned
as the youngest "son" and elsewhere as the "grandson" of Seir. ...
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Mountain-sheep (1 Occurrence)
... Deuteronomy 14:5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat,
and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois. (See JPS RSV). ...
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Puzzled (3 Occurrences)

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Pyramid

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Cud (9 Occurrences)
... the animals considered clean are therefore included the ox, the sheep, the goat,
the hart, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the pygarg, the antelope ...
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Pygarg (1 Occurrence)

Deuteronomy 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Pygarg

Pygarg: Probably a Species of Antelope

Wild-goat (1 Occurrence)

Fallow-deer (2 Occurrences)

Fallow (5 Occurrences)

Dishan (5 Occurrences)

Dishon (7 Occurrences)

Mountain-sheep (1 Occurrence)

Puzzled (3 Occurrences)

Pyramid

Cud (9 Occurrences)

Chew (5 Occurrences)

Zoology

Deer (15 Occurrences)

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

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