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נֶשֶׁר noun masculine Deut 32:11 griffon-vulture, eagle (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian našru ; ᵑ7 נַשְׁרָא; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3482] Arabic [untranscribed source text 3483] vulture (Lane2780), vulgar [untranscribed source text 3484] Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3485] Di641; Sabean נסר proper name, of deity, and ביתן נסר DHMZMG. xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356); — absolute ׳ נ Hos 8:1 +; נָָֽשֶׁד Deut 28:49 +; plural נְשָׁרִים 2Sam 1:23 +, construct נִשְׁרֵי Lam 4:19 — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture ( TristrNHB 172 ff. Dr Deut 14:12 NowArchi i. 84 Lane2780), Mic 1:16 (bald, in simile) flying swiftly to pery Hab 1:8; Job 9:26, compare Prov 30:17 ( ׳ בְּנֵינֿ, unclean Lev 11:13; Deut 14:12 soaring Job 30:27, also in simile Prov 23:5; Isa 40:31; Obad 1:4, building nest high Jer 49:16 (compare also Job 39:27); as swift also 2Sam 1:23 , especially of Babylonian and Assyr. invader Jer 4:13; Lam 4:19, compare Hos 8:1; Deut 28:49; Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֺל Ezek 17:3 (figurative of Nebuch.), Ezek 17:7 (figurative of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of light Prov 30:19 as renewing youth (by moulting) Ps 103:5 as training and supporting its young Exod 19:4 ( E ), Deut 32:11 (song); ׳ פְּני נ of cherubim in vision Ezek 1:10; Ezek 10:4. — Only Mic 1:16 seems to compel reference to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles see references in Di Lev 11:13 ), and ׳ נ may be a more comprehensive word, including both vulture and eagle.