Word Study · Strong's H8464 · Hebrew
תַּחְמָס
tachmas
takh-mawce'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tachmâç
“a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl
Rendered in the KJV as
night hawk.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- הַתַּחְמָ֖ס2
How it is rendered · 1
- the screech owl2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
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Where this word lives
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