Deuteronomy 23:18; Judges 11:30, 39; 1 Samuel 1:11; Jonah 1:16; Acts
18:18; 21:23).
- VULTURE (1.) Hebrews da’ah (Leviticus 11:14). In the parallel passage
(Deuteronomy 14:13) the Hebrew word used is ra’ah, rendered “glede;”
LXX., “gups;” Vulg., “milvus.” A species of ravenous bird, distinguished
for its rapid flight. “When used without the epithet ‘red,’ the name is
commonly confined to the black kite. The habits of the bird bear out the
allusion in Isaiah 34:15, for it is, excepting during the winter three months,
so numerous everywhere in Palestine as to be almost gregarious.” (See
EAGLE.)
(2.) In Job 28:7 the Hebrews ‘ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes a
clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Leviticus 11:14 and
Deuteronomy 14:13 it is rendered “kite” (q.v.).