Study it in the app“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest before you on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.”
The law asks to let the mother bird go when taking the youngCreation
Ifכִּיyou happen to come uponיִקָּרֵאa bird’sצִפּוֹרnestקַןbefore youלְפָנֶיךָon the road,בַּדֶּרֶךְin anyבְּכָלtreeעֵץorאוֹonעַלthe ground,הָאָרֶץwith youngאֶפְרֹחִיםorאוֹeggs,בֵיצִיםand the motherוְהָאֵםsittingרֹבֶצֶתonעַלthe youngהָאֶפְרֹחִיםorאוֹonעַלthe eggs,הַבֵּיצִיםyou shall notלֹאtakeתִקַּחthe motherהָאֵםwithעַלthe young.הַבָּנִים
befall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikare” appearsbird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appearsnest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “kan” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearstree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsyoung bird
Young bird: the offspring of a bird.
Where else “efrochim” appearsegg
Egg.
Where else “vetsim” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appearslie down, crouch
Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.
Where else “rovetset” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsyoung
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “banim” appears5A man’s article shall not be on a woman, and a man shall not put on a woman’s garment, for an abomination to YHWH your Elohim is everyone who does these things.
6 · This verse (above)
7You shall surely send away the mother, and the young you may take for yourself, so that it may go well with you and you may prolong your days.
