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# fowl

«fowl» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A bird kept for its eggs or meat, such as a chicken…** — 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 (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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#m1)

2) (old or in phrases) Any bird, as in «wildfowl» or «the fowl of the air» in the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x3)
- Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x4)
- Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing. (Writings PSA.104.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x5)
- I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. (Writings PSA.50.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x6)
- The farmer keeps fowl for their eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x7)
- Ducks and geese are waterfowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x8)
- In the Bible, God made «the fowl of the air». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x9)
- The market sold fresh fowl at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x10)
- Wildfowl gathered on the frozen lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x11)
- The idea was neither fish nor fowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x12)
- "Cluck, cluck!" And some fowls came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/#x13)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.161/)
- [the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.129/)
- [And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.277/)
- [Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.809/)
- [The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1203/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fowl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fowl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.