Deuteronomy 14:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵת֙ בַּ֣ת הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁ֑חַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּ֖ץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

And the-bat the-yaʿănâ and-the-taḥmās and-the-šāḥap and-the-nēṣ to-mînēhû

Grammar Details

*bat*: feminine singular construct - daughter of
*yaʿănâ*: feminine singular noun - ostrich
*taḥmās*: masculine singular noun - male ostrich/owl
*šāḥap*: masculine singular noun - seagull/sea mew
*nēṣ*: masculine singular noun - hawk/falcon
*mînēhû*: masculine singular noun with third person masculine singular suffix - its kind

Word Meanings

*bat ha-yaʿănâ*: ostrich/owl
*taḥmās*: male ostrich/owl/night hawk
*šāḥap*: seagull/sea mew/cuckoo
*nēṣ*: hawk/falcon
*mînēhû*: its kind/its species/according to its kind

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

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