Lexicon
עׇזְנִיָּה
oz.niy.yah
H5822
H:N-F Hebrew

vulture

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

oz.niy.yah names a bird included in lists of birds not to be eaten.

The term occurs as the name of a bird in two lists of birds prohibited as food, where it stands alongside other named birds.

Senses in use

  1. Bird named among prohibited birds · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 14:12, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the list introduced by the command not to eat certain birds; the APB renders the list “the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.” In Leviticus 11:13, the same form appears in a list of birds called detestable and not to be eaten; the APB renders the same three-bird sequence.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the term within the sequence “the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.” The precise English item corresponding to the noun cannot be isolated from the sequence alone.

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