Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H8464 |
|---|---|
| Word: | תַּחמָס |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H2554 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | tachmac |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | takh-mawce' |
| Meaning: | 1. a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl |
| KJV Renderings: | night hawk. |
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תַּחְמָס noun [masculine] name of male ostrich, according to Boii.830 Thes (Thes derives from violence of this bird, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1809] violence, also ostrich; other conjectures are: owl ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ; swallow, Saad : see also Kn in Di) — mentioned as unclean Lev 11:16 ( P ) Deut 14:15 .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
