Midvash

עָגוּרʻâgûwr

crane, apparently understood by Masoretes as name of a bird; very uncertain (Jeremiah 8:7; Isaiah 38:14)

Pronunciation: aw-goor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5693

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 38:14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
  • Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the Lord’s laws.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).