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)

Root family 678: חָמַס ḥāmas — wrong, do violence to, treat violently. Used seven times in the Qal, once in the Niphal. The Arabic cognate means to be hard, strict, severe

• חָמָס ḥāmās — violence
• חָמַס ḥāmas — treat violently

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