Leviticus Chapter 11 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 11:15

every raven after its kind,
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BBE Leviticus 11:15

Every raven, and birds of that sort;
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DARBY Leviticus 11:15

every raven after its kind;
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KJV Leviticus 11:15

Every raven after his kind;
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WBT Leviticus 11:15

Every raven after his kind;
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WEB Leviticus 11:15

any kind of raven,
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YLT Leviticus 11:15

every raven after its kind,
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) And every raven.--The raven or the black bird (Song of Solomon 5:11), the bird of the night, as its name denotes in Heb., like the eagle, occurs frequently in the Bible. It preys upon putrid corpses (Proverbs 30:17), and is especially eager to pick out the eyes of the dead, and sometimes even attacks the eyes of the living. So great is its gluttony that it fills the air with its wild shrieks when searching for food (Psalm 147:9; Job 38:41). Its rapacity makes the raven expel its own offspring from their nest and from the surrounding places as soon as they are able to fly, and before they are quite able to procure their own food. Indeed, the ancients believed that it forsook its young immediately after they were hatched. It was in consequence of their excessive greed and known aversion to part with anything, even for their own offspring, that the ravens were chosen to carry food to the prophet (1Kings 17:4; 1Kings 17:6), thus to make the miracle all the more striking. The phrase, "every raven after his kind," clearly shows that the whole genus of ravens is intended, with all the raven-like birds, such as the rook, the crow, the jackdaw, the jay, &c, which abound in Syria and Palestine. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebreweveryכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everykindלְמִינֽוֹ׃ (lə·mî·nōw)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 4327: A sort, speciesof raven;עֹרֵ֖ב (‘ō·rêḇ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 6158: A ravenJump to PreviousBirds Kind Kinds Raven Sort