Lexical Definition

‎קָאַת‎ qâʼath (kaw-ath') pelican ^H:N-F
from ‎קוֹא‎

cormorant.

• probably the pelican (from vomiting)

1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

See Greek: ὄρνεον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָאַת‎, ‎קָאָת‎ noun [feminine] a bird, usually pelican (compare ᵐ5 Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, ᵑ9 Psalms (derived by Thes from [‎קוא‎], ‎קיא‎ (see Kö^{ii. 1, 173}, and, on ‎ת‎, Ges^{«GKC:80g»§ 80g}), as throwing up food from its crop for its young); but sea-fowl improbable in Psalms, Isaiah; Late Hebrew ‎קָאָת‎, ᵑ7 ‎קָאתָא‎ id.); — absolute ‎הַקָּאָת‎ Lev 11:18 = Deut 14:17, as unclean; ‎קָאַת‎ (van d. H. Gi; Baer ‎קָאָת‎) Isa 34:11; Zeph 2:14, as inhabiting ruins; construct ‎קְאַת מִדְכָּר‎ Ps 102:7*, simile of loneliness. ‎קַב‎ see I. ‎קבב‎. Below

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