(q.v.), it is not a ruminant with four stomachs, but a rodent like the
squirrel, rat, etc. Moses speaks of it according to appearance. It is
interdicted because, though apparently chewing the cud, it did not divide
the hoof.
There are two species in Syria, (1) the Lepus Syriacus or Syrian hare,
which is like the English hare; and (2) the Lepus Sinaiticus, or hare of the
desert. No rabbits are found in Syria.
- HARETH thicket, a wood in the mountains of Judah where David hid
when pursued by Saul (1 Samuel 22:5). It was possibly while he was here
that the memorable incident narrated in 2 Samuel 23:14-17, 1 Chronicles
11:16-19 occurred. This place has not been identified, but perhaps it may
be the modern Kharas, on the borders of the chain of mountains some 3
miles east of Keilah. - HARHAIAH zeal of Jehovah, (Nehemiah 3:8) “of the goldsmiths,” one
whose son helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem. - HARHUR fever, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:51).
- HARIM flat-nosed. (1.) The head of the second course of priests (1
Chronicles 24:8). (2.) Ezra 2:32, 39; Nehemiah 7:35, 42. (3.) Nehemiah
3:11. (4.) 12:3. (5.) 10:5 - HARIPH autumnal rain. (1.) Nehemiah 7:24. (2.) 10:19.
- HARLOT (1.) Hebrews zonah (Genesis 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22
the Hebrew word used in kedeshah, i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted
to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or
Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also used in Deuteronomy 23:17;
Hos. 4:14. Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah.
It has been attempted to show that Rahab, usually called a “harlot”
(Joshua 2:1; 6:17; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25), was only an innkeeper.
This interpretation, however, cannot be maintained.
Jephthah’s mother is called a “strange woman” (Judges 11:2). This,
however, merely denotes that she was of foreign extraction.
In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets, and he
solemnly warns against association with them (Proverbs 7:12; 9:14. See
also Jeremiah 3:2; Ezekiel 16:24, 25, 31). The Revised Version, following