King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:18

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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וְהַ֣חֲסִידָ֔הvehachasidahand the storkחֲסִידָהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the stork”, the ordinary formH2624the kind (maternal) bird, i.e. a stork[idiom] feather, stork.וְהָאֲנָפָ֖הvehaanafahand the heronאֲנָפָהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the heron”, the ordinary formH601an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility)heron.לְמִינָ֑הּleminahto kind. Compare H4480מִיןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to kind. Compare H4480”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4327a sort, i.e. specieskind. Compare H4480 (מִן).וְהַדּוּכִיפַ֖תvehadukhifatand the lapwingדּוּכִיפַתconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the lapwing”, the ordinary formH1744the hoopoe or else the grouselapwing.וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽףvehaatalefand the batעֲטַלֵּףconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the bat”, the ordinary formH5847a batbat.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;

World English Bible

the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

Darby Translation

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Douay-Rheims

The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the hoop also and the bat.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ πελακᾶνα, καὶ χαραδριὸν, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ, καὶ πορφυρίωνα, καὶ νυκτερίδα.