- Biblical-HebrewThe meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include
“שְׂמָמִית בְּיָדַיִם תְּתַפֵּשׂ וְהִיא בְּהֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ׃” — The smamít with hands [graps; can be grasped], yet it is in palaces of kings.
- Biblical-HebrewA lizard, possibly a gecko or stellion.
- Biblical-HebrewA spider.
- Biblical-HebrewA humanlike animal (monkey or ape).
- Biblical-HebrewA swallow.
- Modern-Israeli-Hebrewgecko (any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces)
צורותשְׂמָמִית(canonical, feminine) · smamít(romanization) · שממיות(indefinite, plural) · שממיות־(construct, singular)