the coney: Shaphan:, most probably an animal resembling the rabbit, called by Dr. Shaw, daman: (probably for ganam:) Israel:, "Israel's lamb," and by Bruce, ashkoko:, which name he imagines is "derived from the singularity of these long herenacious hairs, which, like small thorns, grow about his back, and which an Amhara are called ashok:." This curious animal abounds in Judea, Palestine, Arabia, and Ethiopia; and is described as being about seventeen inches when sitting. It has no tail; and at first sight gives the idea of a rat. Its colour is grey, mixed with reddish brown; the belly white, the body covered with strong polished hairs, for the most part about two inches in length; the ears round, and not pointed; the feet round, of a soft, pulpy, tender substance; the toes projecting beyond the nails, which are rather broad than sharp; the upper jaw is longer than the other; it lives upon grain, fruit, and roots, and certainly chews the cud; and it does not burrow like the hare and rabbit, but lives in clefts of the rocks. Psalms 104:18; Proverbs 30:26
but divideth: Job 36:14; Matthew 7:26; Romans 2:18-24; Philippians 3:18-19; 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16