Lexical Definition

‎יַנְשׁוּף‎ yanshûwph (yan-shoof') owl ^H:N-M
or יַנְשׁוֹף yanshôwph (yanshofe'); apparently from ‎נָשַׁף‎; (compare ‎נֶשֶׁף‎)

(great) owl.s

• an unclean (acquatic) bird
• probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))

1) great owl, eared owl
1a) an unclean animal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַנְשׁוּף‎ and (Isa 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 Lev 11:17; Deut 14:16 inhabiting deserts Isa 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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