1. תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת
ibis, water-hen, lizard, chameleon
The corpus record — Hebrew
הַתִּנְשֶׁ֥מֶת
tanshemeth · n.f
ibis, water-hen, lizard, chameleon
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 3 · 0.1/10k
Senses
2. תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen
Attestations
- הַ/תִּנְשֶׁ֥מֶת Leviticus 11:18 (BHS)
- וְ/הַ/תִּנְשָֽׁמֶת Leviticus 11:30 (BHS)
- וְ/הַ/תִּנְשָֽׁמֶת Deuteronomy 14:16 (BHS)
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