The Meaning of Deuteronomy 14:15 Explained

Deuteronomy 14:15

KJV: And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

YLT: and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;

Darby: and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;

ASV: and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the owl,  and the night hawk,  and the cuckow,  and the hawk  after his kind, 

What does Deuteronomy 14:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 14

1  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
3  What may and may not be eaten
4  of animals
9  of fishes
11  of fowls
21  That which dies of itself may not be eaten
22  Tithes of Divine Service
23  Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
28  The third year's tithe of alms and charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 14:15 mean?

and the daughter of the ostrich and the short-eared owl the seagull the hawk after their kinds
וְאֵת֙ בַּ֣ת הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַתַּחְמָ֖ס הַשָּׁ֑חַף הַנֵּ֖ץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ

בַּ֣ת  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה  of  the  ostrich 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַעֲנָה  
Sense: an unclean bird.
הַתַּחְמָ֖ס  the  short-eared  owl 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּחְמָס  
Sense: a ceremonially unclean bird.
הַשָּׁ֑חַף  the  seagull 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁחַף  
Sense: a ceremonially unclean bird.
הַנֵּ֖ץ  the  hawk 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵץ 
Sense: blossom.
לְמִינֵֽהוּ  after  their  kinds 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).

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