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Strong's #8580 - תִּנְשֶׁמֶת
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) an unclean animal of some kind
1a) an unclean bird
1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl
1b) an unclean lizard
1b1) perhaps the chameleon
1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
- Book
- Word
2443) msn (נסהמ NShM) AC: Pant CO: Breath AB: ?: [from: ms]
V) msn (נסהמ NShM) - Pant: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) destroy - Strongs: H5395 (נָשַׁם)
Nf1) emsn (נסהמה NShMH) - Breath: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (25): breath, blast, spirit, inspiration, soul - Strongs: H5396 (נִשְׁמָה), H5397 (נְשָׁמָה)
if2) tmsnt (תנסהמת TNShMT) - Tinshemet: An unknown animal. KJV (3): swan, mole - Strongs: H8580 (תִּנְשֶׁמֶת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 unclean bird, the ibis, water-hen, ᵐ5. πορφυρίων, (accusative Tristr NHB 249); or species of owl (Di Bu SS); pelican (Ges): Leviticus 11:18 = Deuteronomy 14:16.
2 uncleanשֶׁרֶץ Leviticus 11:30, lizard (Saad Tristr NHB 120), or chameleon (Bo Hieroz. i. 1078 ff.; ed. Rosenm. ii. 503ff.), so most; (deriving name from alleged living on air, Plin NH viii. 51; but this not applicable to 1; compare Lag BN 130f.).
