Lexical Definition

‎רָחָם‎ râchâm (raw-khawm') carrion ^H:N-M
or (feminine) רָחָמָה râchâmâh (raw-khaw-maw'); from ‎רָחַם‎

gier-eagle.

• a kind of vulture (supposed to be tender towards its young)

1) carrion vulture
1a) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָחָם‎ noun [masculine] carrion-vulture; — absolute ‎׳‎‎הָר‎ Lev 11:18 (Samaritan ‎רחמה‎; so perhaps read) = ‎הָרָחָ֫מָה‎ || Deut 14:17 (on accent see Dr; compare Ges^{«GKC:90f»§ 90f}).

‎רָחָ֫מָה‎ noun [masculine] id.; Deut 14:17, see foregoing.

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