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the white owl,וְ הַתִּנְשֶׁמֶתthe pelican,וְ הַקָּאָתthe vulture,וְ הָרָחָם
Leviticus 11:18
Study it in the app“the white owl, the pelican, the vulture,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:18, word by word
- the white owlתִּנְשֶׁמֶתtinshemet
white owl
An unclean bird, perhaps a night bird.
Where else “tinshemet” appears- the pelicanקָּאָתkaat
pelican
A bird of the wilderness and of ruins; perhaps the pelican.
Where else “kaat” appears- the vultureרָחָםracham
vulture
A carrion bird, a kind of vulture.
Where else “racham” appears
The context
17the horned owl, the cormorant, the ibis,
18 · This verse (above)
19the stork, the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.