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title: עׇזְנִיָּה — osprey · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇזְנִיָּה (5822), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: osprey. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇזְנִיָּה

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«עׇזְנִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **osprey** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5822 · **BDB:** עָזְנִיָּה

### Glosses

vulture (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

osprey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5822/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5822/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (unclean) bird of prey, appar. akin to vulture (NowArch. i. 84, 116), named + נֶשֶׁר, פֶּרֶם Dt 14:12; Lv 11:13 (H); = osprey TristrNHB 184 Dr Dt 14:12 (others vulture Di Lv 11:13) (√ unknown; conject. v. in Di; perhaps foreign word).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇזְנִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5822/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.12/)

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וְזֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־תֹאכְל֖וּ מֵהֶ֑ם הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר וְהַפֶּ֖רֶס וְהָֽעָזְנִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is.that\].which not you.will.eat any of.them the eagle and the.bearded vulture and the.black vulture

*JPS 1917:* But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

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[Leviticus 11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.13/)

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וְאֶת־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ תְּשַׁקְּצ֣וּ מִן־הָע֔וֹף לֹ֥א יֵאָכְל֖וּ שֶׁ֣קֶץ הֵ֑ם אֶת־הַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ וְאֶת־הַפֶּ֔רֶס וְאֵ֖ת הָעָזְנִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) these you.will.detest from the bird\[s\] not they.will.be.eaten \[are\].detestable.thing\[s\] they (et) the eagle and (et) the.bearded vulture and (et) the.black vulture

*JPS 1917:* And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

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