1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H6893 — קָאַת
qa.at · pelican · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Leviticus 11:18 · הַקָּאָ֖תAnd the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,Deuteronomy 14:17 · וְהַקָּאָ֥תAnd the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,Psalm 102:6 · לִקְאַ֣תI am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.Isaiah 34:11 · קָאַ֣תBut the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.Zephaniah 2:14 · קָאַת֙And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.