sha.chaph denotes a bird named within paired lists of birds.

The term occurs as a singular masculine noun within two closely parallel lists of birds; the supplied translation presents it among other bird names, though its exact English correspondence is read at the verse level.

1. A bird named in bird lists · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 14:15, the singular masculine absolute form appears in a sequence naming the ostrich, the gull, and the hawk; the APB renders the verse as "The daughter of the ostrich, the ostrich, the gull, and the hawk of its kind." In Leviticus 11:16, the same form occurs in a similar list; the APB renders "the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, and the hawk according to its kind;"

   Deuteronomy 14:15Leviticus 11:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB includes "gull" in Deuteronomy 14:15 and "sea gull" in Leviticus 11:16. These English bird names cannot isolate the term's precise contribution within each list.