Lexical Definition

‎פֶּרֶס‎ pereç (peh'-res) vulture ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּרַס‎

claw, ossifrage.

• a claw
• also a kind of eagle

1) bird of prey
1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage
1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

See Greek: Φάρες

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫רֶס‎ noun [masculine] a bird of prey, perhaps bearded vulture (gypaelus barbatus, 'ossifrage' (Tristr^{NHB 171; FFP 94}; from tearing its prey); — for bidden as food Deut 14:12 = Lev 11:13 (H).

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