H2546

חמט

חמט

chaamat

Masculine noun · From an unused root probably meaning, to lie low

From an unused root probably meaning, to lie low; a lizard (as creeping):—snail.

Outline

a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals

perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Usages

Leviticus 11:30

And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

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