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Snail
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Concise Bible Dictionary: S
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George A. Morrish
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Chris Genthree
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Snails
In
Leviticus 11:30
30
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)
it is supposed that the word
chomet
refers to some kind of lizard: the RV has “sand-lizard.” In
Psalm 58:8
8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalm 58:8)
the word is
shablul
, of which it says it “melteth.” It was erroneously supposed by the Jews that by the slime which a snail leaves on its trail it gradually wasted away. The passage simply means that when dead the snail seems to melt entirely away: it is used as a symbol of the wicked passing away.
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