חולד

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ח־ל־ד (kh-l-d)

From the root ח־ל־ד (kh-l-d). Compare Arabic خُلْد (ḵuld).

Noun

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

  1. mole-rat [1]

Usage notes

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  • The term as it appears in the Hebrew Bible is commonly translated into a different array of small mammals; most commonly as “weasel”.

References

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  1. ^ 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

Further reading

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