חולד

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ח־ל־ד‎ (ḥ-l-d)

From the root ח־ל־ד‎ (kh-l-d).

Noun

חולד / חֹלֶד • (khóled) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. Weasel.
    • Leviticus 11:29:
      הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר
      the weasel and the mouse[1]
  2. Mole[2] (animal).

References
  1. The King James Bible: The Oxford Standard Text (1769).
  2. Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN
  • “חולד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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