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You shall surely send awayשַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּחthe mother,אֶת הָאֵםand the youngוְאֶת הַבָּנִיםyou may takeתִּקַּחfor yourself,לָךְso thatלְמַעַןit may go wellיִיטַבwith youלָךְand you may prolongוְהַאֲרַכְתָּyour days.יָמִים
Deuteronomy 22:7
Study it in the app“You 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.”
The law asks to let the mother bird go when taking the youngCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:7, word by word
- You shall surely send awayשַׁלֵּחַshaleach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shaleach” appears- the motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- and the youngבָּנִיםbanim
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “banim” appears- you may takeתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- it may go wellיִיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- and you may prolongהַאֲרַכְתָּhaarachta
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “haarachta” appears- your daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
6If 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falling falls from it.