Lexical Definition

‎דָּאָה‎ dâʼâh (daw-aw') kite ^H:N-F
from ‎דָּאָה‎

vulture. See ‎רָאָה‎.

• the kite (from its rapid flight)

1) fast-flying bird of prey (kite?), bird of prey

See Greek: ὅρμημα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּאָה‎ noun feminine a bird of prey, possibly kite (ᵑ9 Saad Bo^{Hieroz. ii. 191} Di Lev 11:14 Aramaic ‎דַּיְתָא‎, ; Late Hebrew ‎דַּיָּה‎ of different birds of prey; name probably from flying, swooping), Lev 11:14 forbidden as food; compare also Deut 14:13 ‎וְהָרָאָה ואתהָֿאַיָּה והַדַּיָּה‎, where for ‎הראה‎ read ‎הַדָּאָה‎ & strike out ‎הַדַּיָּה‎; so ⅏ ᵐ5; compare Di l.c.

‎ר‎ ‎ר‎ Reš 20th letter; = 200 in post-Biblical Hebrew. ‎רָאָה‎ Deut 14:13 textual error; see ‎דָּאָה‎

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