Verse 30
30. Where the slain are Both the eagle and lion will feed ignominiously on a body found dead, as Winer abundantly shows. ( Rwb., Job 1:21.) Burckhardt, describing the warfare of the Bedawin, says that while the battle rages, and horsemen or camel-riders contend in single combat or mix in general fight, flying or pursuing, the Beni Atye, (a considerable tribe of Arabs,) frequently utter, with a loud voice, the following verses:
You birds with the bald heads, you rakham and hadazy,
If you desire human flesh, be present on the day of combat.
The rakham and hadazy are birds of prey, the former an eagle, the latter a falcon. Bedouins, 2:362.
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