Pygarg (Hastings' Dictionary)

Dishon occurs only once (Dt I4=). It is the fifth name in the Heb. list. In B of the LXX it comes third in order (iri'yapyos), yalimilr and 'a/,7,d being left out, although AF reproduce these by /3oi'<(3aXo! and TpayiXat/io^. Both l'"iig. VSS have adopted ' pygarg ' for dishon, but AVra h.^s 'dishon or bison.' We have no certain knowledge of the animal intended by dishon, ex- cept that it is to be inferred, from its jiosition in the list, that it was an antelope. If, of the four antelopes found in the deserts contiguous to Pal., Gnzella Dorras, L., corresponds to zibi, Antilope Ic.ucori/x, Pall., to tffo, Ave may adopt A. Addax, Licht., for dishon. This species is over 3J feet high at the shoulders, and sha])ed like the rein- deer. Its horns are spiral, 2i feet long. Its colour is white, \vith tlie exception of a black niane, and a tawny colour on the shoulders and back. It is uncertain whether the fourth antelope, Alci-jilinlus bubalis, Pal]., is mentioned in Scripture (see Unicorn). G. E. Post. whether the PtHit-yaman mentioned In the fragmentary annals of Nehiiehadnezzar does not come in here. This ' Oreek-Putu ' is nieritionctl ainontj remote counlries in the midst of the sea, wliich aided Kfrypt under Ania-sis aj^ninst the Babylonians, and this reminds Wiiioltler of Xali 3i>. But tlie nerpssary addition yainan (Greek) shows that this countrj- (Winrkler supposes Lesbos, suitably to his restoration of the name of the prince, viz. [PUta]ktt(»), or Caria) is to be distinj^uished from the ordinary Pfit of the Bible, the Persians and Babylonians. Perhaps the Put of Ezk 271» [ch. SS^) mij;ht be explained after Winckler, so that we should have two countries called Put — one in Alrica, another ki the north.