Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶס
pe.res
H6538
H:N-M Hebrew

vulture

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Hebrew
Language

pe.res denotes a bird named within the lists of birds not to be eaten.

The term occurs as a singular masculine noun in lists of birds prohibited for food, alongside other named birds in Deuteronomy 14:12 and Leviticus 11:13.

Senses in use

  1. A bird in prohibited-food lists · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 14:12, the singular noun appears among birds that “you shall not eat”; the APB renders the list “the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.” In Leviticus 11:13, the same singular form occurs in a list of birds to be detested and not eaten, rendered by the APB with the same sequence.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Deuteronomy 14:12 and Leviticus 11:13, the APB presents the term within the sequence “the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.” The precise English item corresponding to the lemma cannot be isolated from the list alone.

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