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The commandment is preceded by the instruction that a calf or lamb is only acceptable for sacrifice on the eighth day (22:26). [1] The Hebrew Bible uses the generic word for bull or cow (Hebrew: שור showr [2]), and the generic word for sheep and ewe (שה seh) and the masculine pronoun form in the verb "slaughter-him" (Hebrew shachat-u)
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
Cow — See § Cattle. Crane — עָגוּר (ʿāg̲ûr) in Biblical and Modern Hebrew. Mentioned in Isaiah 38:14 and Jeremiah 8:7, alluding to its cry and its migration respectively. Translated as "swallow" in some translations of the Bible such as the D.V., and as "thrush" in the NIV.
Despite being listed among the birds by the Bible, bats are not birds, and are in fact mammals (because the Hebrew Bible distinguishes animals into four general categories—beasts of the land, flying animals, creatures which crawl upon the ground, and animals which dwell in water—not according to modern scientific classification).
A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea ...
[49] [50] Early English translators had no knowledge of the hyrax, so they didn't give a name for them, though "badger" or "rock-badger" has also been used more recently in new translations, especially in "common language" translations such as the Common English Bible (2011). [51]
Manatees (/ ˈ m æ n ə t iː z /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West ...
The Hindu god Krishna is often shown with cows listening to his music. The calf is compared with the dawn, in Hinduism.Here, with a sadhu.. Many ancient and medieval Hindu texts debate the rationale for a voluntary stop to cow slaughter and the pursuit of vegetarianism as a part of a general abstention from violence against others and all killing of animals.