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H1772 דַּיָּה (dayâh) dah-yaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

intensive from 1675; a falcon (from its rapid flight)

KJV Usage: vulture

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דַּיָּה (day.yah) — hawk. a bird of prey (perhaps the kite)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · דאה

Birds

black kite exact meaning unknown, possibly: = dark brown bird with a grayish head and a long triangular tail that looks V-shaped as it maneuvers the two outer feathers; ◄ Milvus migrans; ► it feeds on insects, frogs, lizards, and food scraps from human dwellings, and scavenges dead fish and shellfish along the beaches of oceans, lakes, and rivers; they also pick off small bits of meat from animal carcasses; unclean and therefore not to be eaten

DEU 14:13 · ISA 34:15

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[דַּיָּה] n.f. id. [דָּאָה]—frequenting ruins Is 34:15 ref

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