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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Rendering in the English versions for "deror" (Psalms 84:4 [A. V. 3]; Proverbs 26:2) and for "sus" or "sis" (Isaiah 38:14: Jeremiah 8:7 [A. V. "crane"]). There are about ten species of swallow (HirundinidÅ) and the closely allied martin and swift (CypselidÅ) in Palestine. In the Talmud "senunit" is the usual name for the swallow, and the Biblical "deror" is also used. A distinction is made between the white, the green (or yellow), and the house swallow (Ḥul. 62a). The senunit, which, according to Shab. 77b, inspires the eagle with dread, may perhaps be intended for another bird of the species Tyrannus intrepidus, which seats itself on the back of the eagle and which resembles the swallow.
Bibliography:
- Tristram, Nat. Hist. p. 204;
- Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, p. 206.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Swallow'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/swallow.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Swallow'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/swallow.html. 1901.
