תַּחְמָס
tachmas · owl (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8464 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tachmas (תַּחְמָס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “owl (uncertain)”.
An unclean bird of uncertain identity; perhaps an owl.
How to say it
tach·mas
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 of the night; 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 11:16
the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk according to its kind,
- Deuteronomy 14:15
the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk of every kind,