- the quails:
- The Latin selav, Chaldee selaiv, Syriac and Arabic selwa, is without doubt the quail, so the LXX render it ορτυγομητρα, a large kind of quail. Josephus, ορτυξ, Ethopic, ferferat, and Vulgate, coturnices, quails, with which agree Philo and the Rabbins. The quail is a bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat less than a pigeon, but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petrĉa and Egypt; and affording a most agreeable and delicate dish. "And there went forthª° a windª from¹¹ the LORD,ª and broughtª° quailsª from¹ the sea,ª and let [them] fallª° by¹ the camp,ª as it were a day'sª journeyª on this side,ª and as it were a day'sª journeyª on the other side,ª round aboutª the camp,ª and as it were two cubitsª [high] upon¹ the faceª of the earth.ª ... And while the fleshª [was] yet²¹ between¹ their teeth,ª ere¹ it was chewed,ª° the wrathª of the LORDª was kindledª° against the people,ª and the LORDª smoteª° the peopleª with a veryª greatª plague.ª" {Num 11:31-33} + "He rainedª° fleshª also upon¹ them as dust,ª and featheredª fowlsª like as the sandª of the sea:ª ... And he let [it] fallª° in the midstª of their camp,ª round aboutª their habitations.ª" {Psa 78:27-28} + "[The people] asked,ª° and he broughtª° quails,ª and satisfiedª° them with the breadª of heaven.ª" {Psa 105:40}
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