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seÌ„l´skin: The rendering of the Revised Version (British and American) (; ) for ×ªÖ¼×—×©× ×¢×•×¨, ‛oÌ„r tahÌ£ash, the Revised Version margin “porpoise-skin,†the King James Version “badgers' skin.†A seal, Monachus albiventer, is found in the Mediterranean, though not in the Red Sea, but it is likely that tahÌ£ash means the dugong, which is found in the Red Sea. See BADGER; PORPOISE.