נֶשֶׁר noun masculine[Deut 32:11] griffon-vulture, eagle (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian našru; ᵑ7 נַשְׁרָא; Syriac Arabic vulture (Lane2780), vulgar Ethiopic Di641; Sabean נסר proper name, of deity, and ביתן נסר DHMZMG. xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356); — absolute ׳נ [Hos 8:1] +; נָָֽשֶׁד [Deut 28:49] +; plural נְשָׁרִים [2Sam 1:23] +, construct נִשְׁרֵי [Lam 4:19] — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (TristrNHB 172 ff. Dr[Deut 14:12] NowArchi i. 84 Lane2780), [Mic 1:16] (bald, in simile) flying swiftly to pery [Hab 1:8]; [Job 9:26], compare [Prov 30:17] (׳בְּנֵינֿ, unclean [Lev 11:13]; [Deut 14:12] soaring [Job 30:27], also in simile [Prov 23:5]; [Isa 40:31]; [Obad 1:4], building nest high [Jer 49:16] (compare also [Job 39:27]); as swift also [2Sam 1:23], especially of Babylonian and Assyr. invader [Jer 4:13]; [Lam 4:19], compare [Hos 8:1]; [Deut 28:49]; [Jer 48:40]; [Jer 49:22] (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֺל [Ezek 17:3] (figurativeof Nebuch.), v[Ezek 17:7] (figurative of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of light [Prov 30:19] as renewing youth (by moulting) [Ps 103:5] as training and supporting its young [Exod 19:4] (E), [Deut 32:11] (song); ׳פְּני נ of cherubim in vision [Ezek 1:10]; [Ezek 10:4]. — Only [Mic 1:16] seems to compel reference to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles see references in Di[Lev 11:13]), and ׳נ may be a more comprehensive word, including both vulture and eagle.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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