Word Origin
from nashaph
Definition
(a ceremonially unclean bird) perhaps an owl
NASB Translation
great owl (2), owl (1).

יַנְשׁוּף and (Isaiah 34:11) יַנְשׁוֺף noun [masculine] a bird (with harsh, strident note ? Bo^{Heroz, ii. 284; ed. Rosenm. iii. 29}, Tristr^{NHB 192} think of נֶשֶׁף — i.e. a twilight bird; on formative compare Lag^{BN 127} Ba^{NB 231}); — unclean Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:16; inhabiting deserts Isaiah 34:11. Probably a kind of owl Bo^l.c., 'Great Owl,' Egyptian Eagle-owl (bubo ascalaphus) Tristr^l.c. compare ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Di Dr - White^Hpt (Leviticus), > ᵐ5. ᵑ9 Leviticus, Isaiah ibis.

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