Commentaire sur La Genèse 15:11
וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃
Les oiseaux de proie s’abattirent sur les corps; Abram les mit en fuite.
Rashi on Genesis
העיט THE BIRD OF PREY— It is a bird so called because it swoops down (עט) greedily upon dead bodies, darting quickly upon its food. Similarly we have the verbal form (1 Samuel 15:19) “And thou didst pounce down (ותעט) upon the spoil”.
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Ramban on Genesis
AND THE BIRDS OF PREY CAME DOWN UPON THE CARCASSES. [They came down] to eat them, as is the nature of birds.
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Radak on Genesis
וירד העיט, the word עיט is description of predatory birds generally.
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