Deuteronomy 14:20

“Every clean bird you may eat.”

Deuteronomy 14:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:20, word by word

cleanטָהוֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

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birdעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

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you may eatתֹּאכֵלוּtochelu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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The context

19And every winged swarming thing is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20 · This verse (above)

21You shall not eat any carcass; to the resident alien who is within your gates you may give it, and he may eat it, or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

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