Leviticus 11:19

Leviticus 11:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
• New International Version (NIV)the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

Context of Leviticus 11:19

17They must not eat the cormorant. 18They must not eat the osprey. They 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. 20Some insects fly in the air and walk on the ground. The people must not eat them. 21Some insects can fly. And they have legs that can jump. They can eat those insects.

Leviticus 11:19 word by word

וְאֵת֙ הַחֲסִידָ֔ה הָאֲנָפָ֖ה לְמִינָ֑הּ וְאֶת־הַדּוּכִיפַ֖ת וְאֶת־הָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the storkחֲסִידָהchăsîydâh · storkH2624
• the heronאֲנָפָה'ănâphâh · heronH601
• after her kindמִיןmîyn · kindH4327
• and the lapwingדּוּכִיפַתdûkîyphath · hoopoeH1744
• and the batעֲטַלֵּף‛ăţallêph · batH5847

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The stork - חסידה chasidah, from חסד chasad, which signifies to be abundant in kindness, or exuberant in acts of beneficence; hence applied to the stork, because of its affection to its young, and its kindness in tending and feeding its parents when old; facts attested by the best informed and most judicious of the Greek and Latin natural historians. See Bochart, Scheuchzer, and Parkhurst, under the word חסד chasad . It is remarkable for destroying and…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 11:19

• Bat
• Birds
• Food
• Heron
• Lapwing
• Sanitation
• Stork

In the dictionaries

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• Bat
• Bird
• Clean
• Food
• Heron
• Lapwing
• Paw
• Stork
• Unclean

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