LEVITICUS XL 55 13 14. 15 16 VerI..13. hoe in abhomination] or,abhsr oftheTorok. There are tat ftgns of ckanefowler explained in the Law: but it re:kmeth the furs ofuncleaneforoks only ; and other firm offbroles are !algid: faith Maimony in treat.of for - biddeZm :ats,c.1.f.r4. eagle] in Hebrew, Nether: it is the chiefe of Fowles, flieth matt high and fwiftly, fucketh blood, and feedeth on carka(fes, Deut.28. 49.Iob 39.27, -3o., ufed to fignifie vio- lent perfecutors Lam... t 9. Ier.4.13. and 48,4o. Hof.8.1.Hab.a.g. oßifrage] the Greektranfla- teth it,G,yphen: in Hebrew Peres,fo named ofbrea- kvtg for with (lrength ofbeake and talons , thee breaketh her prey. The Offifiage (by interpretati- on,bone- breakr) is bigger then the Eagk,and much of the fame kind. It is mentioned only here, and in Dent.14.12. The Chaldee of Onkelos nameth it Ar; and Jonathan Vzza. ofprey] in Hebrew, Ozttijah ; in Chaldee, Azja : (called fo of firength in her fight and flying)in Greek,Haliaetos,that is, afeea- eagk,orOfprey: which is a bird with a great neck and broad taile,llrong fighted, and can look on the Snn,andfrom on high efpieth fiches in the fea, and lakes and falleth violently upon the wa- ters, and taketh them. Verla a.vultar] called in old Englifh, ag yr; in Hebr.here, daah,of Jlying,and in Dent.' 4.13. raah, of feeing: (for the Hebrewletters,D.and R.be one like another, and often pat one for another, as is noted on Gen.4.18.)for the valour efpieth & finel- leth her preyfrom far,8c flieth with violence, be- ing an heavie fowle; feedeth on carkaffes, & buil- deth her nell on high Rocks. The Gr. alto tran- flateth it,gups, (that is, ag yr or manta) both here and in Deut. i ¢. The Chaldee here followeth the Hebrew Daitha : but in Dent. 14.13. it hath Bath eanpha; that is,daugbter of wing. áyte] a known ra- venous bird,called alto agkde,and a puttoek;ln He- brew it is named Ajah, of her manner of flying, which is as if the did fwim,and by the bowing of her talle, feemeth to have taught how to governe (hips by a rudder, as Pliny noteth in bifi.6.1 0.e.1 o. The Scripture elfwhere mentioneth her ( harpe eye -fight in Job 28.7. The Chaldee here tranfla- teth Taraphioha ,of tearing and ravening her prey. after ber kind] This is fpoken,becaufe of kites there be two kinds;the greater,ofa ruddy colour,com- mon in England: the leffer ,of a more black co- lour,known in Germanie : both forts (& if there be any other) are unaleane. In Dmu. r 4.13. there is another named,which is not here,the kite(Ajah) andth:gkde (Dajah) after her k' d. That Dajah (or glede) is a fowle that haunteth ruinous places, E- fay 34.15. The kZte (Malt) it the gkde (Dajah) fpo- ken ofin Deuteronomie: faith Maimony, in treat.of For- bidden meats, C. 1. f. 14. Verfr 5.raven]aknown bird;namedin Hebrew Oreb, in Chaldee Orba, of her dark, or black co- lour ; Song 5. 1 a. It is ravenous, and of unkind nature to her yon, Prov.3o.17. Efay 34.1 a. Job 38.41. hoe knd)as crows, caddow r, pies, and the like. It is faid, after his kind, to imply the Zarzir (the pie) faith Maimony, ibidem. . Verf.a 6. the °vale] or,as in Greek, the ofirich; the Hebrew,batb hajagnanah,properly is,the daughter of the ovule (or oferich)that is,the kind of that bird,or the yong thereof. But by this word batb,the He- brew Do &ors underhand, the egges of this bird, and fo of all other uncleane fowls,tu be uncleane alto. Maimony, ibidem. c.3. Ci. But Chazktmi here expoundeth it , the Effrich; and by the daughter underltandeth, the yong becaufe the fle(h of the fowle when it is old, is (he faith),u hard as afile k, and fo there was no need to forbid the eating thereof. This bird liveth in defarts and folitarie places, Job 30.29. Efay 43.2o.and 34.13. and(as the name alto implieth) makes a dolefull noife, Mich.1.8. and is of a cruell nature, Lan1.4.3.The ofirich, fpoken of in Job 3 9. k 3, 14. hath another name. The Chaldee here tranflateth, Bath naami tha; ofpleafantnßfpokeu by the contrary; for her unpleafant cry ; fo in Deut. a¢. night- hawel] or, night- owk,as the Greektranflateth it.The Hebrew name Tachmat,fignifieth rapine andviolence,which argueth the nature of this bird. Some think it to be the Night-raven, others the Harpie. The Night- hawks feeth better by night then by day;and hath deadly war with the Eagle, faith Plinie, bill. b.1 o. e.8. It is mentioned in Sciipture,dnely here and in Dear. a ¢. The Chaldee of her wing or flying, calleth her T fatfa ; but Jonathan, Chatpbitha; that is, the Snatcher , or Harpie. fea-gull] or fea -cob: in Hebrew ho, and in Chaldee Sbathpba: mentioned but here and in Deut 14 The Greeke tranflateth it Laws, that is, a fa-ggull, a bird of a greedy and ravenous kind , it neftleth on rocks by the tea: Ariflot. hi or. Animal. lib. 5. cap. 9. Some thinke it to be the e:okra, others a kind of Haroke, called the Merlin. Hawk] called in Hebrew Nets, in Chaldee Natfa,in Greeke Hierax; in all, the is named of her fwift flying and fight - ing : and of Nets, the Latine word Nifur is deri- ved. Of it, God faith, Dotb the hawks jlie by thy wifdtme ? Job 39. 26. his lsfnd ] as there are fundry forts of hawks ,(Arifl.bifl.Animal.G9.e.36.) all which are by this lawunclean: fo the Hebrew Do &ors underhand this of a fecond kind,which they call Sarnaka: Maimony, treat, of Forbidden meats, chap. e. Sea.' 4. Verl a 7. great ow /e] called in Latine, Bubo, .4ri- ffotkwrites, that it is of the bigueffe of an Eagle; and Plinio, that it dwelleth in defarts , nuked; a dolefull noire, and flieth not right forth , but thwart -wife. So the Prophet çomplaineth, I am likgthegreat ow!e (the defarts, Pfal. 102.7. In He= brew it is named Cor, of covering or hiding; and Chszkuni faith,It bideth it felfifram the eyes ofinen, and dwelleth in places not inhabited: the Greek tranflateth it here, the Night - raven: and in Dent.14. the Heron. The Claaldee by Onkelos calleth it Kadja; and Jonathan,T fajra. cormorant] inHebrew Sha- lae , or Gaffing it (elfe dowoe into the water; the Chaldee nameth it Shabitats, that is,the Fifh bun- ter; and Ionathan addeth, The hurter (the Fifb of the f a. Book prole] or, B u : in Hebrew Ianfiuph, fo named of flying in the twi -1 ight or dark eve- ning, which Owls and Bits both doe. It dwelleth alto in defolate places, Efay 34.11. The Chaldee name is Kiphopha. Verf. 17
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