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Proverbs 30:28
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שְׂמָמִיתsᵉmâmîyth · sem-aw-meeth'
H8079 · Hebrew
H8079 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)
- Derivation
- probably from H8074 (שָׁמֵם) (in the sense of poisoning);
- KJV renderings
- spider.
- Grammar
- שְׂ֭מָמִית — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׂמָמִית here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.