Nêts — H5322

Definition

masculine noun

a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)

1. blossom
2. a unclean bird of prey
1. hawk, falcon
2. perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

hawk, blossom

Origin

from H5340

• Derived from Nâtsats (H5340)

Occurrences

Nêts occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1)

• Genesis 40:10 — And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms (נִצָּ֔הּ) shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
• Leviticus 11:16 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk (הַנֵּ֖ץ) after his kind,
• Deuteronomy 14:15 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk (הַנֵּ֖ץ) after his kind,
• Job 39:26 — Doth the hawk (נֵ֑ץ) fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?