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Swan
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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The rendering of the Authorized Version for "tinshemet" (Leviticus 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:16). The Revised Version, more correctly, gives "horned owl" (see LIZARD; MOLE; OWL).
Two species of swan have been found in Palestine, the whooper, or wild swan (Cygnus musicus, or ferus), and the Cygnus olor, or mansuetus; they are, however, comparatively rare.
Some take the "barburim abusim" of the Talmud (B. M. 86b) to mean "swans," though the usual rendering is "fattened hens."
Bibliography:
- Tristram, Nat. Hist. p. 249;
- Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, p. 194.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Swan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/swan.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Swan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/swan.html. 1901.
