Strong's Hebrew Concordance

Strong's Hebrew #8580

Base Word
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
Short Definitionproperly, a hard breather, i.e., the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen
Long Definition

an unclean animal of some kind

an unclean bird, perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl, an unclean lizard, perhaps the chameleon, perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown

Derivationfrom H5395
International Phonetic Alphabett̪ɑn̪.ʃɛˈmɛt̪
IPA modtɑn.ʃɛˈmɛt
Syllabletanšemet
Dictiontahn-sheh-MET
Diction Modtahn-sheh-MET
Usagemole, swan
Part of speechn-f

Bible Verses (3 occurrences)

Leviticus 11:18

நாரையும், கூழக்கடாவும், குருகும்,

Leviticus 11:30

உடும்பும், அழுங்கும், ஓணானும், பல்லியும், பச்சோந்தியும் ஆகிய இவைகளே.

Deuteronomy 14:16

ஆந்தையும், கோட்டானும், நாரையும்,

Occurences : 3