תַּנְשֶׁמֶתtanshemeth
an animal
Pronunciation: tan-sheh'-meth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8580
Meanings
1. unclean bird, the ibis, water-hen, or species of owl (Leviticus 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:16)
2. lizard, unclean שֶׁרֶץ (Leviticus 11:30)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 11:18 the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture,
- Leviticus 11:30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
- Deuteronomy 14:16 the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,
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).