H5693

עָגוּר

a.gurH:N-M

crane

1) name of a bird 1a) perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עָגוּר noun [masculine] apparently understood by Masoretes as name of a bird; very uncertain; crane according to Saad (Isaiah), but note of crane not suitable (TristrNHB 239 f.); — וְתוֺר וְסוּס וְעָגוּר Jer 8:7 כְּסוּס עָגוּר Isa 38:14 (but here gloss Klo Brd Di Dn CheHpt); Thes and (in Jeremiah) Hi Gf Gie strike out וְ and take ׳ע as adjective of סוס = twittering or the like; Thes assumes transpos. from גער, Ethiopic cry.


I, II, III. עַד see I. עדה. עֵד see עוד.


עֹד see עוֺד. עִדֹּא see עדד. below,


2 occurrences

Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)