נֶשֶׁר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. griffon vulture
2. eagle (proscribed)
3. windfall (fruit)
Pronunciation
nésher
Examples6
נֶשֶׁר עָף בשָׁמַיִם.
An eagle is flying in the sky.
נְשָׁרִים חָגוּ מֵעַל הַגּוּפָה.
Vultures circled above the dead body.
קוֹלָהּ גָּבֹהַ כמָעוֹף נֶשֶׁר.
Her voice is as high as the flight of a condor.
הֵיכָן שנמצאת גּוּפָה, יִמְצְאוּ נְשָׁרִים.
Where there's a body, you'll find vultures.
עוֹבְרִים קַפִּיטָנִים \ זוקרים הַשָּׂפָם \ עֵינָם עַיִן הַנֶּשֶׁר \ בשרשה לה פם.
Captains pass by / Twirling their mustaches / With an eagle's eye / On a cherchez la femme
אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נֶשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנּוֹ
Is it upon your behest that the eagle and the vulture soars and makes his nest high? Or as with the particle above: Is it upon your behest that the eagle soars, and yea, makes his nest high?