Eagles or vultures?

Actually, Hebrew and Aramaic were sister dialects, not so different--from what I've read, since I never studied Aramaic.

 

Oops. I posted this on the wrong thread, so I'm re-posting it here. If it's a non-sequiter, I apologize:

A question to those who live in other parts of the world: What are the eagles like in your area?

I have observed that even vultures are majestic while soaring, BTW. What do vultures eat when there is no roadkill?

One thing that I have found to be beneficial is when reading about animals or plants with which I am familiar, I look them up to see what they are like in Israel, particularly if I can find out what they were like when the Scriptures were written.

Swine, for example, aren't the lazy, fat, rolling around in slop animals that I had on the farm when growing up. They are more akin to javelinas, which are fierce and vicious, but do enjoy a good roll in the muck.

Goats, are soft-haired animals that were used to make wigs. Think about this when reading about Jacob and Esau, and look at the root Hebrew words.

There are mustard trees in the area of Palestine, as well as South America, although the ones in South America, I don't think were being talked about.

There are more, and I always find more that I have not looked up. Sometimes it's beneficial, sometimes not.

 

There were apparently great numbers of vultures that hung out with the Roman army. Lots of leftovers after battle.

 

But according to Strong's Concordance, the word Luke does use can also be used of a corpse. Just one example, John 19.40:

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.​

 

Different nuances, though. That's the problem with English. The Greek has a nice preciseness to it.

Much like in English, my child was my son before he was born, when he was born, now, and always.

But, in Greek, there are five words that are "male child", with each one showing a different nuance, with "son" being more for position of maturity.

So, "body" and "corpse" may well mean the same thing in English, but there are different meanings.