אֲנָפָה
anafa · heron (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H601 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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anafa (אֲנָפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “heron (uncertain)”.
An unclean bird of uncertain identity; perhaps the heron.
How to say it
a·na·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A long-legged bird living by the water; which one is uncertain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 11:19
the stork, the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
- Deuteronomy 14:18
the stork, the heron of every kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.