תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
Properly, a hard breather , i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen
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What does תַּנְשֶׁמֶת mean in the Bible?
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, a hard breather , i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen". properly, a hard breather, i.
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Meaning
properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen BDB: ibis Usage: mole, swan.