Leviticus 11:14

the kite vultureA.V. The Heb. word dâ"âhoccurs only here as the name of a bird, but a similar word dayyâhis found in Deuteronomy 14:13 and Isaiah 34:15 (kite[s R.V., vulture[s A.V.) only. The Heb. words in Lev. and Deut. are

Lev. dâ"âh(kite) "ayyah(falcon),

Deut. râ"âh(glede) "ayyah(falcon) dayyah(kite).

râ"âhis doubtless a copyist's error for dâ"âh(it has been translated in R.V. and A.V. -glede," an old English word for -kite"), and dayyahmay have been added instead of the omitted dâ"âh.

the falcon kiteA.V. The word occurs here, in Deuteronomy 14:13 and Job 28:7 (vultureA.V.) only.

The expression -after his kind" following, implies that several varieties of this bird were known. The Heb. "ayyahmay be derived from the bird's cry which is rendered in Arabic as yâ yâ.