Simon says: "Let's meet The Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)"

The Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)

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Leviticus/Vayikra 11:30 lists the chameleon among the "unclean creeping things" - animals the Israelites were not to eat.

The Hebrew word translated "chameleon" in this verse is tinshemet. Biblical lexicons & modern zoologists generally identify it as the chameleon, the creature famous for changing colour.

The word may come from a root meaning "to pant" or "to blow" perhaps describing the puffing sound chameleons make when threatened.

So this small, colour-shifting lizard shows up in one of the most detailed lists in the Torah! A reminder that even the smallest creatures had their place in the biblical world.

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