ra.cham denotes a bird named within lists alongside pelican and other birds.

The term is used as the name of a bird in two parallel-style bird lists, where it stands alongside the pelican and other named birds.

1. A bird listed among other birds · dominant

   Both occurrences are common masculine singular absolute nouns within lists of birds. In Deuteronomy 14:17 the APB renders the list “The pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,” while in Leviticus 11:18 it renders “the water hen, the pelican, and the carrion vulture;”.

   Deuteronomy 14:17Leviticus 11:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within bird lists as “the carrion vulture” in both Deuteronomy 14:17 and Leviticus 11:18.