# H8464 תַּחְמָס

תַּחְמָס (tachmâç), Strong’s H8464: a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl KJV: night hawk.. Occurs 2 times.

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*tachmâç* — a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl

KJV: night hawk.

Derived from [חָמַס châmaç](https://besorah.bible/word/H2554) (to be violent)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תַּחְמָס n.[m.] name of male ostrich

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 11:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=16) — the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
- [Deuteronomy 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=15) — the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,