Lexicon
נֵץ
nets
H5322B
H:N-M Hebrew

hawk

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Hebrew
Language

nets denotes a bird named in dietary lists and portrayed flying southward.

The attested use identifies a bird: it occurs among listed birds in Deuteronomy 14:15 and Leviticus 11:16, and Job 39:26 places it in a question about flying and spreading wings toward the south.

Senses in use

  1. A bird in lists and in flight · dominant

    The masculine singular absolute form occurs among birds in Deuteronomy 14:15 and Leviticus 11:16; in both verses the APB renders the list with “the hawk.” In Job 39:26, the same form is the bird asked about as it flies and spreads its wings toward the south; the APB likewise renders “the hawk.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB presents the bird as “the hawk,” both in bird lists and in the question about flight. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verse context.

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