Number: 2415
Proto-Semitic: *šVl(V)k-
Meaning: kind of bird
Hebrew: šālāk 'an unclean bird' [KB 1530], pB. 'cormorant' [Ja. 1584]. Only in the dietary prohibitions of Lv 11.17 (between kōs and yanšūp) and Dt 14.17 (between rāḥāmā and ḥăsīdā).
Arabic: silkānat- 'poussin de perdix' [BK 1 1129], [TA old VIII 144].
Notes: Cf. Akk. šiliḳḳu 'a bird' SB [CAD š2 444], [AHw. 1236], šilingu (šillumgu) 'a bird' NB [CAD š2 444], [AHw. 1236] (-ḳ and -g are irregular). Scarce attestation, reconstruction not very reliable.
