bird

«bird» in Mova's judaism dictionary: an animal with feathers, wings and a beak; it lays eggs… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bird, birds)

meaning for a pupil

A bird is an animal with feathers, wings and a beak; it lays eggs, and most birds can fly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Birds are divided into clean ones that may be eaten and unclean ones that may not; birds were also used as offerings. Interpretation: The rabbis hold that only birds with signs of tradition may be eaten, and birds were used in the purification of a person healed of tzaraat. In the primary lessons: a thing counted, often sitting on a fence or a tree; birds come (add) and fly away (take away); in science birds are a group of animals with feathers; phrases: «a flock of birds», «bird's nest», «early bird», «birds of a feather»

examples

• Of all clean birds ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (Torah LEV.14.50, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? (Writings JOB.40.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• Are the birds of prey against her round about? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• 3 birds were sitting on the fence. tree →
• 4 more birds came to join them. tree →
• 6 birds flew away. tree →
• How many more storks than birds are on the fence? tree →
• A robin is a small bird with a red chest. tree →
• Penguins are birds that cannot fly. tree →
• The bird built a nest in our tree. tree →
• We put out seeds for the birds in winter. tree →
• Fine feathers don’t make fine birds. tree →

note

A thing counted. «came», «joined» add; «flew away» takes away. Trap: storks and birds may be counted separately in the question. Fact: every bird has feathers; bats fly but are not birds; penguins and ostriches are birds but do not fly.

In the corpora

• And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
• And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
• And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
• And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
• Of all clean birds ye may eat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bird» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.