דוכיפת

Hebrew

Etymology

A biblical dis legomenon of uncertain origin, which most commentators interpret as referring to the hoopoe. Consequently this meaning was the one adopted in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation

Noun

דּוּכִיפַת • (dukhifát) f (plural indefinite דּוּכִיפַתִּים or דּוּכִיפוֹת)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) an unclean bird, further details are uncertain.
  2. hoopoe
    • Tanach, Leviticus 11:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְאֵת הַחֲסִידָה הָאֲנָפָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַדּוּכִיפַת וְאֶת־הָעֲטַלֵּף׃
      And the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 14:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְהַחֲסִידָה וְהָאֲנָפָה לְמִינָהּ וְהַדּוּכִיפַת וְהָעֲטַלֵּף׃
      And the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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