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taḥmās תַּחְמָס ‘ostrich’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāmas חָמַס ‘to injure’
Roots: חמס

taḥmās n, m
1) a ceremonially unclean bird
 1a) a name of the male ostrich
 1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl
 1c) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 11:16 Deuteronomy 14:15

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