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title: יַנְשׁוּף — strident · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַנְשׁוּף (3244), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: strident. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַנְשׁוּף

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«יַנְשׁוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strident** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3244 · **BDB:** יַנְשׁוּף²

### Glosses

owl (2); great.owl (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strident [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3244/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Is 34:11) יַנְשׁוֹף n.\[m.\] a bird (with harsh, strident note? BoHieroz. ii. 284; ed. Rosenm. iii. 29, TristrNHB 192 think of נֶשֶׁף—i.e. a twilight bird; on format. cf. LagBN 127 BaNB 231);—unclean Lv 11:17 Dt 14:16; inhabiting deserts Is 34:11. Prob. a kind of owl Bö l.c., ‘Great Owl,’ Egyptian Eagle-owl Tristrl.c. cf. 𝔖 𝔗 Di Dr-WhiteHpt. (Lv), \> 𝔊 𝔙 Lv Is ibis.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַנְשׁוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3244/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.16/)

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אֶת־הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּף וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.little owl and (et) the.great owl and the.barn owl

*JPS 1917:* the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;

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[Leviticus 11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.17/)

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וְאֶת־הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.little owl and (et) the cormorant and (et) the.great owl

*JPS 1917:* and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;

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