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Strong's #7828 - שַׁחַף

Transliteration
shachaph
Phonetics
shakh'-af
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
2365a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a ceremonially unclean bird

1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew

1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Leviticus 1
Deuteronomy 1
NAS (4)
Leviticus 2
Deuteronomy 2
HCS (2)
Leviticus 1
Deuteronomy 1
BSB (2)
Leviticus 1
Deuteronomy 1
ESV (2)
Leviticus 1
Deuteronomy 1
WEB (2)
Leviticus 1
Deuteronomy 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2826) phs (סהההפ ShHhP) AC: ? CO: Thin AB: ?: [from: hs- being thin from hunger]

Nm ) phs (סהההפ ShHhP) - Shahhaph: An unknown bird. KJV (2): cuckow - Strongs: H7828 (שַׁחַף)

Nf2) tphs (סהההפת ShHhPT) - Consumption: A disease making one thin. KJV (2): consumption - Strongs: H7829 (שַׁחֶפֶת)

bm) pihs (סהההיפ ShHhYP) - Panel: A thin board. KJV (1): cieled - Strongs: H7824 (שָׂחִיף)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [שַׁ֫חַף] noun [masculine] probably sea-mew, gull (compare ᵐ5ᵑ9) (from attenuated body, Thes); so Post Hast. DB CUCKOW Tristr NHB 210 ff; sterna fluviatilis, or tern Id FFP 135 M'Lean-Shipley Ency. Bib. ID.; — הַשָּׁ֑חַף Deuteronomy 14:15 = Leviticus 11:16 (P), in list of unclean birds.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שַׁחַף m. Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15 according to LXX. and Vulg. larus (Seemeve), gull, an aquatic bird, so called from its leanness; see Bochart, Hieroz. II. lib. ii. cap. 18.


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List of Word Forms
הַשָּׁ֑חַף השחף haš·šā·ḥap̄ hashShachaf haššāḥap̄
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