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ḥrdwn, ḥrdwnˀ/ḥrdnˀ (ḥardōn, ḥardōnaˀ, ḥardānā) n.m. a large lizard or crocodile
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(zool.) a large lizard or crocodile
Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
PTBer 3.d:17[2]↗ הדין חרדונה‏ : † ; TN Lev11:29↗ חר{ו}<ד>ונה‏ : † ; SamTgJ Lev11:29↗ חלדה ועכברה וחרדונה למינה‏ ; P Lv11:29↗ ܘܥܘܩܒܪܐ ܘܚܪܕܢܐ܂ ܠܓܢܣ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏ ; PJ Lev11:29↗ ועכברא אוכמא וסמוקא וחיורא וחרדונא לזנוי‏ : a black, red, or white rodent and the various kinds of ḥ-lizards
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(zool.) ܚܪܕܢܐ ܕܝܡܐ, ܕܡܝ̈ܐ : a large crustacean (?)
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JEhCh 197a:21 ܣܪ̈ܛܢܐ ܘܚܪ̈ܕܢܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ‏ ; EN 43:v80↗ text not cited
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Syr. ܚܲܪܕܵܢܵܐ‏
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Bar Bahlul refers to the Nile crocodile ܚܪܕܢܐ ܕܢܝܠܘܣ, and distinguishes between those who stay in the water and those who are on land, the skink = sqnqwr. Cf. Löw, "Lurchnamen" 1, 136ff. In PTA it seems to be used as a generic term for lizard. Fauna 85+.

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