Leviticus 11:18
And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et cygnum, et onocrotalum, et porphyrionem,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ πορφυρίωνα καὶ πελεκᾶνα καὶ κύκνον
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֶת הַתִּנְשֶׁ֥מֶת וְאֶת הַקָּאָ֖ת וְאֶת הָרָחָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Bittern, onocrotalum. See ver. 17. Protestant version has "pelican and the gier-eagle," for porphyrion. (Haydock)
Its beak and long legs are red. (Pliny, [Natural History?] x. 46.) Bochart understands the vulture, and the Samaritan version the pelican; both of which are remarkable for the care they take of their young. Réme may be derived from rém, "mercy."
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.