Psa 58:8, Jer 15:10, Hos 9:14 | TSK | STEP | a snail.--{Shabbelool,} in Chaldee {tivlala,} the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic {balla,} to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction. pass. untimely.

Psalms 58:8

a snail.--{Shabbelool,} in Chaldee {tivlala,} the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic {balla,} to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.

pass.

37:35,36; Mt 24:35; Jas 1:10

untimely.

Job 3:16; Ec 6:3