נֶשֶׁר

נֶשֶׁר noun masculine^{5 Mos 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 DHM^{ZMG. xxix (1875), 600}; xxxvii (1883), 356); — absolute ׳נ Hos 8,1 +; נָָֽשֶׁד 5 Mos 28,49 +; plural נְשָׁרִים 2 Sam 1,23 +, construct נִשְׁרֵי Klg 4,19 — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (Tristr^{NHB 172 ff.} Dr^{5 Mos 14,12} Now^{Archi i. 84} Lane²⁷⁸⁰), Mik 1,16 (bald, in simile) flying swiftly to pery Hab 1,8; Job 9,26, compare Ord 30,17 (׳בְּנֵינֿ, unclean 3 Mos 11,13; 5 Mos 14,12 soaring Job 30,27, also in simile Ord 23,5; Es 40,31; Ob 1,4, building nest high Jer 49,16 (compare also Job 39,27); as swift also 2 Sam 1,23, especially of Babylonian and Assyr. invader Jer 4,13; Klg 4,19, compare Hos 8,1; 5 Mos 28,49; Jer 48,40; Jer 49,22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֺל Ezk 17,3 (figurativeof Nebuch.), vEzk 17,7 (figurative of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of light Ord 30,19 as renewing youth (by moulting) Sl 103,5 as training and supporting its young 2 Mos 19,4 (E), 5 Mos 32,11 (song); ׳פְּני נ of cherubim in vision Ezk 1,10; Ezk 10,4. — Only Mik 1,16 seems to compel reference to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles see references in Di^{3 Mos 11,13}), and ׳נ may be a more comprehensive word, including both vulture and eagle.