נֶשֶׁר II, (v. נָשַׁרPi.) eagle. Ḥag. 13ᵇ מּלך שבעופות נ׳ the king of birds is the eagle. Ḥull. 60ᵇ sq. (ref. to Lev. XI, 13) נ׳ מה נ׳ וכ׳ the text specifies the eagle to intimate, as the eagle has no additional toe …, so all birds like him are unclean. Y. Peah I, 15ᵈ top נ׳ שהוא רחמן the eagle who is kind (to his young ones); Yalk. Prov. 963. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2; a. fr.—Snh. 12ᵃ (in a secret letter) ותפשו נ׳ and the eagle (Roman) caught them (the messengers, v. נְצִיב).—Pl. נְשָׁרִים. Ib. 92ᵇ עושה להם כנפים כנ׳ וכ׳ he shall give them (the righteous) wings like those of the eagles, and they shall soar &c.; a. e.