Lexicon / H8580
תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת
tan.she.met
  • chameleon
  • hard breather

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: chameleon

1) 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: hard breather

Root √נשׁם: נשׁם vb pant pant Qal Is 42:14 .;—, of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail;.

תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת n.f ibis water-hen unclean bird, the, lizard chameleon unclean. or . an animal