Know the Word.

Hebrew word

tanshemeth

tan-sheh'-meth

תַּנְשֶׁמֶת

What it means

properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird, probably the tree-toad and the water-hen

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

Where it comes from

from nâsham (נָשַׁם)

How the King James translates it

  • swan1

Every place it appears 1

Leviticus11:18