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Yet other interpretations of תַּחַשׁ are "blue-processed skins" (Navigating the Bible II) and "(blue-)beaded skins" (Anchor Bible). Basilisk — occurs in the D.V. as a translation of several Hebrew names of snakes: פֶתֶן p̲et̲en (Psalms 90:13) - translated as "asp" in the KJV
These animals may have originally been seen as representing the highest forms of the various types of animals: man, as king of creation, as the image of the creator; the lion, as king of beasts of prey (meat-eating); the ox, as king of domesticated animals (grass-eating); the eagle, as king of birds.
The Sun King was perplexed with the letter but put it off his mind—until the second time, when another letter arrived. When this happened, the Sun King sent off a reply, requesting Kimanaueze's presence in heaven with a dowry so that he can meet him in person and judge his worthiness.
On account of his relation to the heavenly regions, he is also called Sekwi, the seer, and, besides, he is called "son of the nest," because his fledgling birds break away from the shell without being hatched by the mother bird; they spring directly from the nest, as it were. Like Leviathan, so Ziz is a delicacy to be served to the pious at the ...
A re'em, also reëm (Hebrew: רְאֵם, romanized: rəʾēm), is an animal mentioned nine times in the Hebrew Bible. [ note 1 ] It has been translated as " unicorn " in the Latin Vulgate , King James Version , and in some Christian Bible translations as " oryx " (which was accepted as the referent in Modern Hebrew ), [ citation needed ] "wild ...
Once the liquor was distilled, drivers called "runners" or "bootleggers" smuggled moonshine liquor across the region in cars specially modified for speed and load-carrying capacity. [42] The cars were ordinary on the outside but modified with souped-up engines, extra interior room, and heavy-duty shock absorbers to support the weight of the ...
The Israelites bitten by fiery serpents (Book of Numbers chapter 21).A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations. The fiery flying serpent (Hebrew: שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף sārāf mə‘ōfēf; Greek: ἔκγονα αὐτῶν ἐξελεύσονται; Latin: Absorbens volucrem) is a creature mentioned in the Book of Isaiah in the Tanakh.
The King James version of the Bible states, "out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent". The basilisk is mentioned in Psalm 91 :13, [ 18 ] which reads "super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem " in the Latin Vulgate , literally "You will tread on the ...