Leviticus 11:17

Leviticus 11:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
• New International Version (NIV)the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
• English Standard Version (ESV)the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl;

Context of Leviticus 11:17

15They must not eat the raven. 16They must not eat any owl, seagull or hawk. They must not eat the cormorant. 18They must not eat the osprey. 19They must not eat the heron, the hoopoe or the bat. The people must not eat them nor touch their dead bodies. They are not clean.

Leviticus 11:17 word by word

וְאֶת־הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the little owlכּוֹסkôs · owlH3563
• and the cormorantשָׁלָךְshâlâk · cormorantH7994
• and the great owlיַנְשׁוּףyanshûph yanshôph · owlH3244

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The little owl - כוס cos, the bittern, night-raven or night-owl, according to most interpreters. Some think the onocrotalus or pelican may be intended; for as the word כוס cos signifies a cup in Hebrew, and the pelican is remarkable for a pouch or bag under the lower jaw, it might have had its Hebrew name from this circumstance; but the kaath in the following verse is rather supposed to mean this fowl, and the cos some species of the bubo or owl. See…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the Israelites might have been tempted to eat, either from their being easy to obtain, or from the example of other nations, and which served as types of the entire range of prohibited kinds. Leviticus 11:13 The eagle - Rather, the great vulture, which the Egyptians are known to have ranked as the first among birds. Compare 2…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-19The list of ceremonially unclean birds includes birds of prey and scavengers. These birds often touch dead animals and blood, making them unclean and unfit for eating and offerings. Bats fly but are not birds (Leviticus 11:19). So, they are "abnormal" and ceremonially unclean.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls--All birds of prey are particularly ranked in the class unclean; all those which feed on flesh and carrion. No less than twenty species of birds, all probably then known, are mentioned under this category, and the inference follows that all which are not mentioned were allowed; that is, fowls which subsist on vegetable substances. From our imperfect knowledge of the natural history…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:17

• Birds
• Cormorant
• Food
• Owl
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Bird
• Clean
• Cormorant
• Food
• Owl
• Paw
• Unclean
• Abomination, Birds of
• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings