HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2467
חֹ֫לֶד
cho.led — weasel
1) weasel, mole 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
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Weasel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G6714
γαλῆ
galē — weasel
weasel
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חֻלְדָּה
chul.dah — Huldah
A prophetess living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; married to Shallum (H7967H) § Huldah = "weasel" a prophetess in the time of Josiah whom Josiah asked for an authoritative opinion on the book of the law which Hilkiah found
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(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Palestine.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.