- the hawk:
- Netz, Arabic naz, Latin nisus, the hawk, so called from natzah, to shoot away, fly, because of the rapidity of its flight. It probably comprehends various species of the falcon family, as the ger-falcon, goshawk, and sparrowhawk. "And Aaronª shall bringª°¹ the bullockª of the sin offering,ª which¹ [is] for himself, and shall make an atonementª° for¹ himself, and for¹ his house,ª and shall killª°¹ the bullockª of the sin offeringª which¹ [is] for himself:" {Lev 16:11} + "And the owl,ªª and the night hawk,ª and the cuckow,ª and the hawkª after his kind,ª" {Deu 14:15}
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