stork
cha.si.dah denotes a bird named in lists, nesting imagery, seasonal observation, plumage comparison, and winged comparison.
The term consistently denotes a particular bird: it appears among named birds, in a statement about knowing appointed times, in nesting imagery, and in comparisons involving plumage or wings.
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A named bird in varied descriptions · dominant
The feminine singular absolute form identifies the same bird across varied settings: it stands in bird lists in Deuteronomy 14:18 and Leviticus 11:19; in Jeremiah 8:7 the APB renders the clause “Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times”; and Psalm 104:17 places its house in cypresses. Job 39:13 compares plumage with it, while Zechariah 5:9 compares the women's wings with its wings.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB presents the term as “stork,” including bird lists, a house in cypresses, and comparisons of plumage or wings. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation text, these renderings confirm the verse contexts without establishing finer distinctions.