chomet: (a kind of) lizard Original Word: חֹ֫מֶט
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chomet
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'met)
Short Definition: reptile
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
(a kind of) lizard
NASB Translation
sand reptile (1).
חֹ֫מֶט noun [masculine] a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean creeping animals Leviticus 11:30 וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת ׃ (Aramaic  is chameleon).
snail From an unused root probably meaning, to lie low; a lizard (as creeping) -- snail.
וְהַחֹ֖מֶט והחמט vehaChomet wə·ha·ḥō·meṭ wəhaḥōmeṭ
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