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Snail
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chomet (Leviticus 11:30). Rather "a lizard." Some think the Stellio lacerta . The Chaldee means "to bow down"; the Muslims kill it, as though it mimicked them at prayers. The shablul in Psalms 58:8 is a "snail" or 'slug" (limax ), which delights in the damp night; but in the hot sunshine, as it crawls over a dry surface and moistens the way with its secretion, its moisture melts away.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Snail'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/snail.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Snail'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/snail.html. 1949.
