UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: large bird of prey, eagle, vulture

Semantic domains: Birds (001001002001005)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: exact meaning unknown; possibly: = a grouping of large birds of prey with keen eyesight; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten; ≈ associated with large size and great strength, ability to fly great distances at high speed; symbol of protection, metaphor for God, but also symbol for death in battle

Further resources: Fauna:3.8

Show passage in OET: DAN 4:30

OET-RV DAN 4:33

33 Immediately what had been said in advance happened to Nevukadnetsar. He was driven away from society. He ate grass like a cow, and his body was wet with dew each morning after sleeping on the ground. Eventually his hair had grown long like eagles’ feathers, and his nails were long like birds’ claws.

OET-LV DAN 4:30

30  At_it the_moment the_matter it _was _fulfilled on Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar and_from (the)_humankind he _was _chased and_(the)_grass like_oxen he _ate and_from_the _dew _of the_heavens body _of_his it _became _wet until that hair _of_his like_eagles it _grew _long and_nails _of_his were_like_birds.

Show passage in OET: DAN 7:4

OET-RV DAN 7:4

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The first one was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. But as I watched, its wings were torn off, and it was lifted up and made to stand on two feet like a man, and then it was given a human mind.

OET-LV DAN 7:4

4 The_first was_like_a _lion and_wings of an _eagle were_to_it seeing I _was until that wings _of_its they _were _plucked _off and_it _was _lifted away _from the_earth and_on two _feet like_a _human it _was _made _to _stand and_a _heart _of a _human it _was _given to_it.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נְשַׁר

Form 1

Sense 1: large bird of prey, eagle, vulture