תַּחְמָס

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H8464

Transliteration: tachmâç

Pronunciation: takh-mawce'

Definition: night hawk

Original: תּחמס

Transliteration: tachmâs

Phonetic: takh-mawce'

BDB Definition:

a ceremonially unclean bird
1. a name of the male ostrich
2. (CLBL) probably the great owl
3. perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Origin: from H2554" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2554

TWOT entry: 678b