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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain
nx-n ddWi and r\»^ dayyah are tr, AV vulture ' (Lv \V\ Dt H^Ms Sii^)', KV kite'; n;N 'ayyah is tr. AV vulture' {Job 2S^), RV falcon.' crfj or r<im rdhCiia or rdhdmdh is tr. RV ^vulture' (Lv ip«, Dt 14"), AV^ffier eagle.* Of these four, only the last refers to the vulture. It is doubtless Neophron percnojyteruSj Sav., Pharaoh's Hen, which is still called rakham in Arabic.
On the other hand, is*: ncs]iert which ia always rendered ' eagle,' undoubtedly includes a number of the vultures, esp. the lammerj2;eier and the grill'on. For the habits of the vulture and for Scripture allusions to them, see Eagle, GlEB Eagle, Ospray, and Ossifrage. G. £. Post. W
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