Original Word: שְׂמָמִית
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: smamiyth
Pronunciation: seh-mah-MEETH
Phonetic Spelling: (sem-aw-meeth')
KJV: spider
NASB: lizard
Word Origin: [probably from H8074 (שָׁמֵם - desolate) (in the sense of poisoning)]

1. a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)

spider

Probably from shamem (in the sense of poisoning); a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness) -- spider.

see HEBREW shamem

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
(a kind of) lizard
NASB Translation
lizard (1).

שְׂמָמִית noun feminine a kind of lizard (so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ7^{Leviticus 11:30} compare Str^Pr (also on שׂ > שׁ)); — absolute ׳שׂ Proverbs 30:28 (compare Shipley-Cook^{Ency. Bib. LIZARD}).

שׂמר (apparently √ of following; meaning dubious).

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