Lexicon
חֹ֫לֶד
cho.led
H2467
H:N-M Hebrew

weasel

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cho.led denotes an animal listed among land-swarming creatures declared unclean in Leviticus 11:29.

The attested use names an animal within a list of land-swarming creatures that are declared unclean in Leviticus 11:29.

Senses in use

  1. Animal in an unclean-creature list · dominant

    In Leviticus 11:29, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the list of creatures that swarm on the land and are declared unclean; the APB renders the list with “the weasel, the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Leviticus 11:29, the APB presents the term within the list as “the weasel.” The original form is identified chiefly by its position in that creature list.

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