Lexical Definition

‎אַרְנֶבֶת‎ ʼarnebeth (ar-neh'-beth) hare ^H:N-F
of uncertain derivation

hare.

• the hare

1) hare
1a) probably an extinct animal because no known hare chews its cud, exact meaning is unknown, and best left untranslated as "arnebeth"

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַרְנֶבֶת‎ noun feminine hare (Arabic , Syriac , Assyrian annabu, as springer?) eating of it forbidden Lev 11:6 (P) Deut 14:7. ‎אָ֫נָה‎ ‎אָ֫נֶה‎ see below ‎אַי‎.

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