H7828

שַׁ֫חַף

sha.chaphH:N-M

gull

1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew 1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שַׁ֫חַף] noun [masculine] probably sea-mew, gull (compare ᵐ5 ᵑ9) (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 Deut 14:15 = Lev 11:16 (P), in list of unclean birds.

2 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1)

Leviticus 11:16
Deuteronomy 14:15