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Night-Hawk
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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NIGHT-HAWK ( tachmâs ). An unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:16 , Deuteronomy 14:16 ). What the tackmâs really was is merely a matter of speculation. A species of owl, the ostrich, and even the cuckoo, have all been suggested, but without any convincing reasons. ‘Night-hawk’ is merely another name for the familiar night-jar or goat-sucker ( Caprimulgus ), of which three species are known in Palestine.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Night-Hawk'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/n/night-hawk.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Night-Hawk'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/n/night-hawk.html. 1909.
