תַּנְשֶׁמֶת

tanshemeth · /tan-sheh'-meth/

Taupe, lézard, oiseau impur

properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen

Étymologie. from H5395 (נָשַׁם);