What Does Leviticus 11:14 Mean in the King James?
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word translated “vulture” may carry the verb “to fly or swoop,” giving the bird’s name a motion the English hides.
THE MEANING
As you read, the verse names the vulture and kite as distinct kinds of birds. The wording keeps each creature particular within its kind.
THE ROOT
דָּאָה
da'ah
GROWS FROM
דאה
To fly swiftly or swoop.
The bird identified as דָּאָה (da’ah; a bird of prey, translated “vulture”) is uncertain, and its connection to דאה (da’ah; to fly or swoop) is commonly proposed rather than certain. If that link holds, the Hebrew name carries the bird’s motion within it, a layer the English species name does not show.
ALSO GROWS
yid'eh: Flies or swoops, as an eagle.
יִדְאֶה
Deuteronomy uses this form for an eagle’s flight, showing the same root as an action.
wayyede: And he flew or swooped.
וַיֵּדֶא
Psalm 18 uses this form for flight on the wings of the wind, extending the root beyond a bird’s name.
THE PATTERN
The Hebrew root associated with a bird’s name also describes swift flight.
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.THE THREAD
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.Psalm 18:10 uses וַיֵּדֶא (wayyede; and he flew or swooped), a form of the same root associated with דָּאָה (da’ah; the bird translated “vulture”). The shared root lets the bird’s name carry the motion of flight into view.
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