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Leviticus 11:14
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and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
and the red kite and the black kite according to its kind,
kites, any kind of falcon,
the kite, the buzzard of any kind,
the kite, every kind of falcon,
the red kite, the falcon in its kind,
Also the vultur, & the kite after his kinde,
and the kite and the falcon in its kind,
the kite, the various kinds of buzzards,
and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind;
kites, all kinds of falcons,
the kite, the falcon of any kind,
And the raven after its kind;
kites,
and the kite, and the falcon, according to its kind;
the Vultur, ye Ryce, and all his kynde,
and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;
The Uultur, and the Kyte after his kinde,
and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds;
And the Uulture, and the Kite, after his kinde:
And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it;
and the kite, and the falcon after its kind;
the kite, any kind of falcon,
and al of `rauyns kynde bi his licnesse;
and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,
and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
And the vultur, and the kite after his kind;
and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
the kite, falcons of all kinds,
the kite, every kind of falcon,
the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
and the vulture, and the falcon, after its kind;
And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind.
the kite, the falcon according to its kind,
and the kite and the falcon in its kind,
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Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:28 - shall wash Deuteronomy 14:13 - the glede
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind. Perhaps it might be better if the version was inverted, and the words be read, "and the kite, and the vulture, after his kind"; and the last word is by us rendered the vulture in Job 28:7 and very rightly, since the kite is not remarkable for its sight, any other than all rapacious creatures are, whereas the vulture is to a proverb; and besides, of the vulture there are two sorts, as Aristotle says k, the one lesser and whiter, the other larger and more of an ash colour; and there are some that are of the eagle kind l, whereas there is but one sort of kites; though Ainsworth makes mention of two, the greater of a ruddy colour, common in England, and the lesser of a blacker colour, known in Germany, but produces no authority for it; however, these are both ravenous creatures: of the kite, Aelianus says m, it is very rapacious, and will take meat out of the meat market, but not touch any sacrificed to Jupiter; the truth of which may well be questioned; and of vultures he reports n, that they will watch a dying man, and follow armies going to battle, expecting prey; Job 28:7- :.
k Hist. Animal. l. 8. c. 3. l Aristot. ib. l. 9. c. 32. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 3. Aelian. de Animal. l. 2. c. 46. m De Animal. l. 2. c. 42. n Ib. c. 46.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the Israelites might have been tempted to eat, either from their being easy to obtain, or from the example of other nations, and which served as types of the entire range of prohibited kinds.
Leviticus 11:13
The eagle - Rather, the great vulture, which the Egyptians are known to have ranked as the first among birds. Compare 2 Samuel 1:23; Psalms 103:5; Proverbs 23:5, etc.
The Ossifrage, or bone-breaker, was the lammer-geyer, and the “ospray” (a corruption of ossifrage) the sea-eagle.
Leviticus 11:14
The vulture - Rather, the (black) kite Isaiah 34:15 : “the kite,” rather the red kite, remarkable for its piercing sight Job 28:7.
Leviticus 11:15
Every raven after his kind - i. e. the whole family of corvidae.
Leviticus 11:16
And the owl ... - Rather, “and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk,” etc.
Leviticus 11:18
The swan - More probably the ibis, the sacred bird of the Egyptians. “The gier eagle” is most likely the Egyptian vulture, a bird of unprepossessing appearance and disgusting habits, but fostered by the Egyptians as a useful scavenger.
Leviticus 11:19
The heron ... the lapwing - Rather, the great plover the hoopoe, so called from its peculiar cry.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 11:14. The vulture — דאה daah, from the root to fly, and therefore more probably the kite or glede, from its remarkable property of gliding or sailing with expanded wings through the air. The דאה daah is a different bird from the דיה daiyah, which signifies the vulture. See Bochart, vol. iii., col. 195.
The kite — איה aiyah, thought by some to be the vulture, by others the merlin. Parkhurst thinks it has its name from the root אוה avah, to covet, because of its rapaciousness; some contend that the kite is meant. That it is a species of the hawk, most learned men allow. See Bochart, vol. iii., col. 192.
