an unclean animal of some kind 1a) an unclean bird 1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl 1b) an unclean lizard 1b1) perhaps the chameleon 1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
Strongs
Word:
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
Transliteration:
tanshemeth
Pronounciation:
tan-sheh'-meth
Language:
Hebrew
Morphhology:
Noun Feminine
Definition:
properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen; mole, swan.; from h5395 (נָשַׁם);