דוכיפת, Levit. xi, 19; Deut. xiv, 18. The bird intended by the
Hebrew name in these places is undoubtedly the _hoopoe_; a very
beautiful, but most unclean and filthy, species of birds. The Septuagint
renders it ἔποπα; and the Vulgate, _upupa_; which is the same with the
Arabian interpreters. The Egyptian name of the bird is _kukuphah_; and
the Syrian, _kikuphah_; which approach the Hebrew _dukiphath_. It may
have its name from the noise or cry it makes, which is very remarkable,
and may be heard a great way.
Hebrew name in these places is undoubtedly the _hoopoe_; a very
beautiful, but most unclean and filthy, species of birds. The Septuagint
renders it ἔποπα; and the Vulgate, _upupa_; which is the same with the
Arabian interpreters. The Egyptian name of the bird is _kukuphah_; and
the Syrian, _kikuphah_; which approach the Hebrew _dukiphath_. It may
have its name from the noise or cry it makes, which is very remarkable,
and may be heard a great way.