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# bird

noun (bird, birds)

«bird» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A bird is an animal with feathers, wings and a beak; it lays eggs, and most birds can fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#m1)

### In the 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

- 3 birds were sitting on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x1)
- 4 more birds came to join them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x2)
- 6 birds flew away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x3)
- How many more storks than birds are on the fence? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x4)
- A robin is a small bird with a red chest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x5)
- Penguins are birds that cannot fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x6)
- The bird built a nest in our tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x7)
- We put out seeds for the birds in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x8)
- Fine feathers don’t make fine birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/#x9)

### 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 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.

### Examples

- Of all clean birds ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x1)
- And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x2)
- And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (Torah LEV.14.50, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x3)
- Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? (Writings JOB.40.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x4)
- Are the birds of prey against her round about? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x5)
- Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bird.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bird» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bird» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bird.html) on Mova free.