- Original: חמט - Transliteration: Chomet - Phonetic: kho'met - Definition: 1. a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals a. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown - Origin: from an unused root probably meaning, to lie low - TWOT entry: 675a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root probably meaning to lie low; a lizard (as creeping): - snail. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • snail, 1 Leviticus 11:30