Kite
kit ('ayyah; iktinos; Latin Milvus ictinus or regalis): A
medium-sized member of the hawk tribe (see HAWK). This bird is
27 inches long, of bright reddish-brown color, has sharply
pointed wings and deeply forked tail. It is supposed to have
exceptionally piercing eyes. It takes moles, mice, young game
birds, snakes and frogs, as well as carrio...
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-A bird forbidden as food
Le 11:14; De 14:13...
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(Heb. ayyah), a rapacious and keen-sighted bird of prey
belonging to the hawk family. The Hebrew word thus rendered
occurs in three passages -- Le 11:14; De 14:13; Job 28:7 In
the two former it is translated "kite" in the Authorized
Version, in the latter "vulture." It is enumerated among the
twenty names of birds mentioned in De 14:1 ... whic...
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an unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut.
14:13). The Hebrew word used, _'ayet_, is rendered
"vulture" in
Job 28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised
Version. It
is probably the red kite (Milvus regalis), a bird of
piercing
sight and of soaring habits found all over Israel....
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'ayyah (Leviticus 11:14). The red kite, Milvus regalis,
remarkable for its sharp sight (Job 28:7, where for "vulture"
translated "kite," 'ayyah even its eye fails to penetrate the
miner's hidden "path"; Deuteronomy 14:13). From an Arabic root
"to turn," the kite sailing in circles guided by the rudder-
like tail. The phrase "after its kind" imp...
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And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,...
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And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;...
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Kite. - As suggested by the analogy with the Arabic, the black kite (milvus nigrans) is probably meant by Hebr. dã'ah or dáyyah (Leviticus 11:14; Deuteronomy 14:13; Isaiah 34:15), interpreted kite in the D.V.; it is one of the most common of the scavenger birds of prey of the country, and for this reason, is carefully protected by the villagers. Ot...
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