Difference between revisions of "Mole"

<p> '''Mole.''' </p> <p> 1. '''Tinshemeth''' . &nbsp;Leviticus 11:30. It is probable that the animals mentioned with the '''tinshemeth''' , in the above passage denote different kinds of lizards; perhaps, therefore, the ''chameleon'' is the animal intended. </p> <p> 2. '''Chephor peroth''' is rendered "moles" in &nbsp;Isaiah 2:20. (The word means ''burrowers, hole-diggers,'' and may designate any of the small animals, as rats and weasels, which burrow among ruins. </p> <p> Many scholars, according to McClintock and Strong's "Cyclopedia," consider that the Greek '''aspalax''' is the animal intended, by both the words translated '''mole''' . It is not the European mole, but is a kind of blind mole-rat, from 8 to 12 inches long, feeding on vegetables, and burrowing like a mole, but on a larger scale. It is very common in Russia, and Hasselquiest says it is abundant on the plains of [[Sharon]] in Palestine. - Editor). </p>