Lᵉṭâʼâh — H3911
H3911 · Hebrew — לטאה
Pronunciation: let-aw-aw'
Definition
feminine noun
a kind of lizard (from its covert habits)
- a kind of lizard
- named as being unclean
- perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
Usually translated as
lizard
Origin
from an unused root meaning to hide
Occurrences
Lᵉṭâʼâh occurs 1 time in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1)
- Leviticus 11:30 — And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard (וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה), and the snail, and the mole.
Strong's Lexicon — L