תנשמת

Hebrew edit

Root
נ־שׁ־ם (n-š-m)

תִּנְשֶׁמֶת • (tinshémet) f (plural indefinite תִּנְשָׁמוֹת)

barn owl, the bird Tyto alba
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 14:16, with translation of the New International Version:
  אֶת-הַכּוֹס וְאֶת-הַיַּנְשׁוּף וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת
  et hakós veét hayanshúf vehatinshémet
  the little owl, the great owl, the white owl
(biblical) one of the eight unclean animals, whose identity is unknown. Probably the chameleon.
- Tanach, Leviticus 11:29-30, with translation of the New International Version:
  וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל-הָאָרֶץ הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר וְהַצָּב לְמִינֵהוּ : וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת
  vəzé lachém hatamé bashéretz hashorétz 'al haáretz haḥóled vəha'achbár vəhatzáv ləminéhu : vəhaanaqá vəhakóaḥ vəhalətaá vəhaḥómet vəhatinshémet
  Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard. The gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.