Lexical Definition

‎נֶשֶׁר‎ nesher (neh'-sher) eagle ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to lacerate

eagle.

• the eagle (or other large bird of prey)

1) eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture

See Greek: ἀετός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.shar (‎נ‎ְ‎ש‎ַׁ‎ר‎ "eagle" נְשַׁר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶשֶׁר‎ noun masculine^{Deut 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 Deut 28:49 +; plural ‎נְשָׁרִים‎ 2Sam 1:23 +, construct ‎נִשְׁרֵי‎ Lam 4:19 — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (Tristr^{NHB 172 ff.} Dr^{Deut 14:12} Now^{Archi 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 (figurativeof Nebuch.), vEzek 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.

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