תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
tanshemet · barn owl, chameleon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8580 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tanshemet (תַּנְשֶׁמֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “barn owl, chameleon”.
The name of two different animals: a bird (perhaps the barn owl) and a reptile (perhaps the chameleon).
How to say it
tan·she·met
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
- An unclean bird, perhaps a night bird.
- A small reptile that changes color.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- white owl ×2
- chameleon ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 11:18
the white owl, the pelican, the vulture,
- Leviticus 11:30
the gecko, the large lizard, the wall lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
- Deuteronomy 14:16
the great owl, the ibis, the white owl,