fowl
part of speech
noun (a fowl, fowl or fowls)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bird kept for its eggs or meat, such as a chicken, duck, goose or turkey. tree →
2) (old or in phrases) Any bird, as in «wildfowl» or «the fowl of the air» in the Bible. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Any bird, especially one counted as clean or unclean for eating. Interpretation: The law lists which birds may be eaten and which may not; it also forbids eating the blood of birds, and fowl could be burnt offerings. In the primary lessons: On farms, fowl are kept for eggs and meat. In the Bible and old texts, «fowl» means birds in general. In hunting and nature, «wildfowl» are ducks and geese. Phrases: «neither fish nor fowl» (not clearly one thing or another), «wildfowl», «waterfowl».
examples
- And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. (Torah LEV.7.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven, (Torah DEU.4.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground, (Torah GEN.7.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing. (Writings PSA.104.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. (Writings PSA.50.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The farmer keeps fowl for their eggs. tree →
- Ducks and geese are waterfowl. tree →
- In the Bible, God made «the fowl of the air». tree →
- The market sold fresh fowl at Christmas. tree →
- Wildfowl gathered on the frozen lake. tree →
- The idea was neither fish nor fowl. tree →
- "Cluck, cluck!" And some fowls came. tree →
note
Plural is often the same, «fowl», especially for a group. Homophone trap: «fowl» (bird) sounds like «foul» (dirty, smelly, or against the rules in sport).
In the corpora
- And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
- And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone.
- Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field;
- The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fowl» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.