WEASEL ( chôled , Leviticus 11:29 ). An ‘unclean’ animal. Since the Heb. root châlad means ‘to dig,’ and the Arab [Note: Arabic.] , khuld is the ‘mole-rat,’ it is practically certain that this latter is the correct translation of chôled . Cf. Mole.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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