The Meaning of Leviticus 11:14 Explained

Leviticus 11:14

KJV: And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

YLT: and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

Darby: and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind;

ASV: and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the vulture,  and the kite  after his kind; 

What does Leviticus 11:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 11:1-23 - 41-47, The Distinction Between Clean And Unclean
There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that this is the finest sanitary code in existence, and that many of the diseases of modern life would disappear if it were universally adopted. God made these distinctions matters of religion, that the well-being of His people might be doubly assured. These restrictions were also imposed to erect strong barriers between the chosen people and the heathen. So long as they obeyed, it was clearly impossible to participate in the heathen festivals, where many of these animals were partaken of.
We are not now bound by these enactments. Our Lord made all meats clean, Mark 7:19, r.v. Peter was bidden to kill and eat all manner of creeping things, and his protest was overborne by the assurance that God had cleansed all. See Acts 10:11-16. Religion consists not in outward rites, but in the inward temper. See Hebrews 9:10. Note that touching was forbidden, because the least contact with evil hurts the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

1  What animals may be eaten
4  and what may not be eaten
9  What fishes
13  What fowls
29  The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:14 mean?

and the kite the falcon after its kind
וְאֶת־ הַ֨דָּאָ֔ה הָאַיָּ֖ה לְמִינָֽהּ

הַ֨דָּאָ֔ה  the  kite 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: דָּאָה  
Sense: fast-flying bird of prey (kite?), bird of prey.
הָאַיָּ֖ה  the  falcon 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַיָּה  
Sense: hawk, falcon, kite.
לְמִינָֽהּ  after  its  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).

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