איה, Lev. xi, 14; Deut. xiv, 13; Job xxviii, 7. Bochart supposes
this to be the bird which the Arabians call the _ja-jao_, from its note;
and which the ancients named _æsalon_, the merlin,” a bird celebrated
for its sharp-sightedness. This faculty is referred to in Job xxviii, 7,
where the word is rendered vulture.” As a noun masculine plural, איים,
in Isaiah xiii, 22; xxxiv, 14; and Jer. 1, 39, Bochart says that jackals
are intended; but, by the several contexts, particularly the last, it
may well mean a kind of unclean bird, and so be the same with that
mentioned above.
this to be the bird which the Arabians call the _ja-jao_, from its note;
and which the ancients named _æsalon_, the merlin,” a bird celebrated
for its sharp-sightedness. This faculty is referred to in Job xxviii, 7,
where the word is rendered vulture.” As a noun masculine plural, איים,
in Isaiah xiii, 22; xxxiv, 14; and Jer. 1, 39, Bochart says that jackals
are intended; but, by the several contexts, particularly the last, it
may well mean a kind of unclean bird, and so be the same with that
mentioned above.