Leviticus 11:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

And bat the-yaʿănâ and-the-taḥmās and-the-šāḥaf and-the-nēṣ to-mînēhū

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾēt bat ha-yaʿănâ*: waw conjunction + direct object marker + feminine singular noun construct + definite article + proper noun - and daughter of the ostrich/owl
• *wə-ʾet-ha-taḥmās*: waw conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the night hawk/owl
• *wə-ʾet-ha-šāḥaf*: waw conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the cuckoo/seagull
• *wə-ʾet-ha-nēṣ*: waw conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the hawk/falcon
• *lə-mînēhū*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - according to its kind

Word Meanings

• *bat ha-yaʿănâ*: ostrich/owl/female ostrich
• *taḥmās*: night hawk/owl/male ostrich
• *šāḥaf*: cuckoo/seagull/sea bird
• *nēṣ*: hawk/falcon/bird of prey
• *mînēhū*: its kind/its species/its sort

Referenced Verses

• Deut 14:15-18 : 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
• Ps 102:6 : 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
• Isa 13:21-22 : 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
• Isa 34:11-15 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
• John 3:19-21 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
• Eph 2:2-3 : 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Eph 4:18-19 : 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
• Eph 5:7-9 : 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
• Phil 3:18-19 : 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• 1 Thess 5:5-7 : 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
• Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.