Lexical Definition

‎עוֹף‎ ʻôwph (ofe) bird ^H:N-M
from ‎עוּף‎

bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.

• a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

1) flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds
1a) fowl, birds
1b) winged insects

See Greek: ὄρνεον · πετεινόν

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: oph (‎עו‎ֹ‎ף‎ "bird" עוֹף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עוֺף‎₇₀ noun masculine^{Gen 40:17} collective flying creatures, fowl, insects; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Gen 1:20 +, construct vGen 1:21 +; —

1. fowl, birds, Gen 40:17; Gen 40:19 (E), Gen 7:8 (J), Gen 1:20; Gen 1:22 (P), 1Kgs 5:13* +; especially (38 t.) ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ fowl of sky, Gen 2:19; Gen 2:20 (J), Gen 1:26; Gen 1:28; Gen 1:30 (P), Hos 2:20*; Eccl 10:20 +, carrion birds 1Sam 17:44; 1Sam 17:46; 2Sam 21:10; 1Kgs 14:11 + 11 t.; ‎הָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 50:11, ‎נוֺדֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Isa 16:2, ‎׳‎‎כִּכְלוּב מָלֵא ע‎ Jer 5:27 redundantly ‎כָּנָף‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ fowl of wing Gen 1:21 (P), Ps 78:27 (for food); for food also Lev 7:26 (P), Lev 17:13; Lev 20:25 (both H), compare Lev 11:13; Lev 11:46 (H, clean and unclean); for offering Gen 8:20 (J; ‎הַטָּהוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎הָע‎), Lev 1:14 (P).

2. winged insects (clean and unclean) ‎הַהֹלֵךְ עַלאַֿרְבַּע‎ ‎׳‎‎שֶׁרֶץ הָע‎ Lev 11:20; Lev 11:21 (H), ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Deut 14:19, so probably ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ alone vDeut 14:20 ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎אֲשֶׁרלֿוֺ אַרְבַּע רַגְלָ֑ יִם‎ Lev 11:23 (H).

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