יַנְשׁוּף (yanšûp) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning strident. It appears
3 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3244).
Also rendered
owl
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1434b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1434b)strident; unclean, bird, heron
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יַנְשׁוּףnoun, masculine: strident
and יַנְשׁוֹף noun, masculine a bird (with harsh, strident note?)
Strong's H3244יַנְשׁוּף: an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant) KJV:(great) owl.s
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.