1) bird of prey 1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6536 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1821a
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶּ֫רֶסnoun [masculine] a bird of prey, perhaps bearded vulture (gypaelus barbatus, 'ossifrage' (TristrNHB 171; FFP 94; from tearing its prey); — for bidden as food Deuteronomy 14:12=Leviticus 11:13 (H).
Leviticus 11:13 HEB:הַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ וְאֶת־ הַפֶּ֔רֶס וְאֵ֖ת הָעָזְנִיָּֽה׃ NAS: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, KJV: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, INT: like the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard
Deuteronomy 14:12 HEB:מֵהֶ֑ם הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר וְהַפֶּ֖רֶס וְהָֽעָזְנִיָּֽה׃ NAS: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, KJV: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, INT: like the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard
