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Journal of Semitic Studies 2009 54(1):161-167; doi:10.1093/jss/fgn045
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Talmudic Aramaic Fauna Names: Murzema and Shaqitna

Shlomy Raiskin

Bar-Ilan University

This article investigates the origin and meaning of the Aramaic fauna names murzema and shaqitna, mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Hullin, p. 63a). Beginning with Akkadian and Sumerian, the article surveys various roots in Semitic languages, as well as Persian. Various commentaries on the Talmud as well as seveal more contemporary sources indicate that the two birds can both be identified as the Greater Flamingo. The final part of the article concludes that the murzema is indeed the Greater Flamingo, which was called by hunters in Arabic al-mirzam.


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