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Bible Encyclopedias
Hawk
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or The rendering of 
given by the English versions; it is enumerated among the unclean birds in Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15. The Hebrew word, to which is added "after its kind," may designate any of the smaller diurnal birds of prey, which are numerous in Palestine. Of the FalconidÅ the kestrels (Tinnunculus alaudarius and Tinnunculus cenchris) are very common in Palestine. Others, less numerous, are the hobby-hawk (Falco subbuteo), the Eleonora falcon (Falco eleonorÅ), etc. In Job 39:26 the hawk is described as stretching its wings "toward the south," in reference to the migratory habits of the smaller birds.
In the Talmud (Ḥul. 42a) the hawk is said to kill small birds, while another bird, the "gas," kills large ones. The latter term may denote the Falco islandicus, used in hunting.
- Tristram, Natural History of the Bible, p. 189;
- Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, p. 164.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hawk'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hawk.html. 1901.
