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Peacock

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Traditional rendering of "tukkiyyim," mentioned among the creatures brought by Solomon's ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22). The peacock is an Indian bird (comp. the Malabar "togai" and the Tamil "tokei" for the "tail" of the peacock; A. V. renders "renanim," Job 39:13, by "peacock"; but see OSTRICH). The Talmud uses the term (comp. the Greek ταός), and forbids the crossing of the peacock with the hen (B. Ḳ 55a). From Shab. 130a and parallels, it would appear that, contrary to present conceptions, the peacock was in Talmudic times considered a clean bird.

Bibliography:
  • Tristram, Natural History of the Bible, p. 223;
  • Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, p. 189.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Peacock'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​p/peacock.html. 1901.
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