[Avodah] The thing with feathers

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Mon Jan 17 13:49:31 PST 2022


On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 04:45:37PM +0200, Saul Mashbaum via Avodah wrote:
> It is of interest, although almost certainly of no halachic import, that in
> modern Hebrew,  owf, counterintuitively, is the class of *all* birds (Aves),
> and tzipor refers to birds that can fly. For example, in modern
> Hebrew, an ostrich
> is an owf, but not a tzipor.

So you're saying that feathered dinosaurs would be ofos.

And what is a mosquito, fly or bat?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha


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