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H1744 דּוּכִיפַת (dûwkîyphath) doo-kee-fath'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; the hoopoe or else the grouse

KJV Usage: lapwing

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דּוּכִיפַת (du.khi.phat) — hoopoe. unclean bird (probably hoopoe)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Birds

hoopoe = bird about the size of a large dove, with a ginger colored head and body, and with wings and a tail that have black and white stripes; it has a long slender beak that curves slightly, and a long crest on its head, which it can erect into a fan shape; it has rather floppy wings and rises and falls as it flies; it spends a lot of time walking around on the ground looking for food; it eats insects and their larvae, termites, worms, small frogs, and beetles;◄ |iUpupa epops|i*; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten

LEV 11:19 · DEU 14:18

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דּוּכִיפַת n.f. an unclean bird, perh. hoopoe base

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