These also shall be unclean
tame' (taw-may')
foul in a relig. sense -- defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
unto you among the creeping things
sherets (sheh'-rets)
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals -- creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
that creep
sharats (shaw-rats')
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound -- breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
upon the earth
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
the weasel
choled (kho'-led)
a weasel (from its gliding motion) -- weasel.
and the mouse
`akbar (ak-bawr')
a mouse (as nibbling) -- mouse.
and the tortoise
tsab (tsawb)
a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast) -- covered, litter, tortoise.
after his kind
miyn (meen)
a sort, i.e. species -- kind.