Bible Commentary

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 16. little owl ] ks, LXX, (?), both night-jar and screech-owl. Tristram (93): ‘probably’ the southern little owl, Athene glaux, ‘one of the most universally distributed birds in the Holy Land.’ It inhabits ruins, Psa 102:6 (7). Arabs call it ‘mother of ruins.’ great owl … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:16”

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 15. ostrich ] bath hay-ya‘ a neh either daughter of greed or of the plain; Arabs call it father of the plains; they eat the breast (Doughty, i. 132 f.). LXX, . night hawk ] tamas ( violence; Ar. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:15”

And every raven after his kind, 14. and every raven, etc.] ‘oreb Ar. ghorb, covering all the species of the corvidae in Palestine of which Tristram (74 ff.) distinguishes eight; a carrion feeder with the ’agab and rakham (Doughty, ii. 41, 218); that it was regarded by some tribes as sacred is seen from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:14”

And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 13. glede, falcon, kite ] ra’ah, ’ayyah, dayyah, of which the first is probably a clerical error for da’ah (from da’ah, to dart, of the eagle, Deu 28:49), darter or swooper, and the third a later variant of the same, being a gloss … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:13”

But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, 12. eagle ] nesher, Ar. nisr, the great vulture or griffon, gyps fulvus, identified by the baldness of its head and neck, Mic 1:16; from its frequency and its size ‘the most striking ornithological feature of Palestine’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:12”

[Of] all clean birds ye shall eat. 11 20. Of Birds, cp. Lev 11:13-19; only the unclean are named; of clean birds we know of the dove, quail, partridge and barbur. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 11-20. Of all clean birds ye shalleat(See on Le 11:21). Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:11”

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you. [See comments on De 14:9] Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Reciprocal: Lev 7:21 – any unclean Lev 11:9 – General Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 9, 10. On clean and unclean Fishes; Lev 11:9-12 substantially the same but more elaborate. On the numerous fishes of Palestine see Tristram, 162 ff. No species are here enumerated, nor in the rest of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:9”

And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. 8. swine ] zr, Ar. khanzir; from the animal’s indiscriminate feeding the flesh is liable to become the host of many parasites and therefore without … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:8”

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you. 7. Nevertheless ] Not ra with which qualifications to laws … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:7”