Leviticus 11:19

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and Aaron to establish the dietary and purity boundaries for the Israelites regarding flying creatures. This verse functions as a specific entry in a systematic list of unclean animals.

The words — חֲסִידָה (cha.si.Dah) denotes the stork, and עֲטַלֵּף ('a.ta.Lef) denotes the bat. Both terms appear in the same syntactic series as the heron and hoopoe to identify specific flying creatures.

The thread — The verse belongs to the Leviticus 11 classification of unclean birds, directly following the white owl and osprey in Leviticus 11:18 and preceding the flying insects in Leviticus 11:20. This list establishes a categorical boundary between clean and detestable flying creatures.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize specific flying creatures as unclean, demanding precise adherence to the dietary and purity boundaries set by the law.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵת֙ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַחֲסִידָ֔הha./cha.si.Dahthe/ stork הָאֲנָפָ֖הha./'a.na.Fahthe/ heron לְמִינָ֑הּle./mi.Na/hto/ kind/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַדּוּכִיפַ֖תha./du.khi.Fatthe/ hoopoe וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃ha./'a.ta.Lefthe/ bat

King James Version

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.