נֶשֶׁר

n.m. Dt 32:11 griffon-vulture, eagle (NH id.; Assyrian našru; 𝔗 נִשְׁרָא; Syriac ܢܶܫܪܳܐ; Arabic نَسْرٌ vulture (Lane 2780), vulg. نِسْرٌ; Ethiopic ንስር Di 641; Sab. נסר n.pr. dei, and ביתן נסר DHMZMG xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356);—abs. נ׳ Ho 8:1 +; נָ֑שֶׁר Dt 28:49 +; pl. נְשָׁרִים 2 S 1:23 +, cstr. נִשְׁרֵי La 4:19;—sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (TristrNHB 172 ff. Dr Dt 14:12 NowArch. i. 84 Lane 2780), Mi 1:16 (bald, in sim.), flying swiftly to prey Hb 1:8 Jb 9:26, cf. Pr 30:17 (בְּנֵי־נ׳), unclean Lv 11:13 Dt 14:12; soaring Jb 39:27, also in sim. Pr 23:5 Is 40:31 Ob 4, building nest high Je 49:16 (cf. also Jb 39:27); as swift also 2 S 1:23, especially of Bab. and Assyrian invader Je 4:13 La 4:19, cf. Ho 8:1 Dt 28:49 Je 48:40; 49:22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל Ez 17:3 (fig. of Nebuch.), v 7 (fig. of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of flight Pr 30:19; as renewing youth (by moulting) ψ 103:5; as training and supporting its young Ex 19:4 (E), Dt 32:11 (song); פְּנֵי נ׳ of cherubim in vision Ez 1:10; 10:4.—Only Mi 1:16 seems to compel ref. to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles v. reff. in Di Lv 11:13), and נ׳ may be a more comprehensive word, incl. both vulture and eagle.