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Did Chazal intend to make a joke/pun?

The gemara in Pesachim (9b), in discussing the concern that a weasel may drag chometz around the house and leave it in a spot already checked, makes the following exlamation:

וכי חולדה נביאה היא

Is a weasel (chulda) a prophetess?

It happens to be there is a prophetess who was named חולדה, as in מלכים ב' פרק כ"ב פסוק י"ד, so... yes, חולדה נביאה היא. Did Chazal intend to make this pun?

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