תַּחְמָס (taḥmās) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning male ostrich. It appears
2 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8464).
Also rendered
ostrich
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 678b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 678b)male ostrich; species of unclean bird, owl; night hawk
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תַּחְמָסnoun, masculine: male ostrich
name of male ostrich
Strong's H8464תַּחְמָס: a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl KJV:night hawk.
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.
Root family 678: חָמַסḥāmas — treat violently, wrong; be violent, maltreat; make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, imagine wrongfully