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|'''owl''' ''bath ya‘anah '' בת יענה - daughter בת of why יענ . This is a difficult riddle. The rhetorical "why?" is an indication of an unwillingness to obey. Perhaps this has the sense of that. But ''ya'' יע means 'shovel'. So the owl is the house בת of the shovel יע of the Son of Man, which is not understood ה. This suggests something like 'not understanding the death or burial of Christ'. But it is more than that. ''Ya'' יע sounds like ''Ya'' יא , י or יה which are all names for God but uses the ayin ע which symbolizes the flesh. The shovel is an implement in the temple to move ashes from the altar. It represents the work, in the flesh, of Christ to accomplish the purposes of the Father in his total devotion and sacrifice. With that information we can say it is something more like 'not understanding that Christ laid down his own life'. The scoffer does not understand 'Why'. |references/>|-|{{:Night hawk}}|<references/>----Those who are spiritually dying are not a good source for spiritual teaching. The cuckow is wasting away. Jesus used the word 'dead' to refer to those who are spiritually dead <ref>Mt 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.</ref>:'''cuckow''' ''shachaph'' שׁחף - emaciate, waste away <ref>07828</ref>----There are many instances in the riddles where referring to the death of Christ is a 'bad' thing, where referring to his resurrection is the 'good' thing. An example is that of the 'shibboleth' <ref>Jud 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.</ref> Those who referred to a single grain <ref>05451</ref>, were put to death, but those who referred to a whole ear or stream <ref>07641 </ref>, lived. The word 'hawk' refers to his death.:'''hawk''' ''nets'' נץ - the son of man נ killed on the cross ץ----Jesus asked for the cup to be removed. The cup is a symbol of both tribulation and blessing. It's meaning is that which is exposed. Recall that words get their meaning from the letters. A reversal of letters makes a reversal of meaning. The cup is the reverse of the hedge. The hedge protects and hides something. The cup is the exposure of wrath as it is poured out or the display of blessing as it overflows.:'''little owl''' ''kowc'' כוס - cup <ref>03563</ref> Grapes are pressed into the cup as a symbol of the tribulation of Christ.----Those who have been cast out are not a good source for teaching. They represent those who are legalists. <ref>Ga 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.</ref> The cormorant represents those under such judgement.:'''cormorant''' ''shalak '' שׁלך - cast out <ref>07994 ref. 07993</ref>----Darkness is a metaphor that can be expressed in a positive from God's perspective, or a negative from our perspective. It expresses God's love and mercy. If we are in sin, and haven't been destroyed, we are receiving his mercy. So we may also say that being in darkness is being in sin and presuming upon God's mercy. The Great Owl represents those in the dark who should not be our teachers <ref>1Pe 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:</ref>.:'''great owl''' ''yanshuwph'' ינשׁוף - I י in the dark נשׁוף. The one who is in the dark is sinning and presuming upon the grace of God.----The swan, as a large bird, is not subject to being killed in large numbers by natural predators. Their numbers can swell until they are destructive to an environment. Those who are destructive should not be a source for our learning <ref>Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.</ref>. :'''swan''' ''tanshemeth'' תנשׁמת - from beginning to end תת it destroys נשׁמ <ref>05395</ref>----Vomit, like spit is a symbol of rejection. The pelican eats a large quantity of fish and vomits it. Those who reject the word should not be teachers of the word. :'''pelican''' ''qa’ath'' קאת - vomit קא after ת. ----Paul teaches that if we don't have love, our faith, generosity, and sacrifices mean nothing 1Co 13:2 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 1Co 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. </ref>. :'''gier eagle''' ''haracham'' הרחם - not understanding ה love רחם.----The main purpose of God is to teach us that He is Holy <ref>Le 11:45 For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy.</ref>; He alone is God. He also teaches that He is Love <ref>1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.</ref>. The Hebrew word for 'swan' means not understanding either 'holy' or 'mercy'. :'''stork''' ''chaciydah'' החסידה - not understanding ה*ה holiness , mercy חסיד <ref>02623</ref>----Jesus said that if we were angry, we were guilty of murder <ref>Mt 5:21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Mt 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.</ref> . Perhaps the wild headdress of the heron made it look angry to Adam. :'''heron''' ''‘anaphah'' אנפה - anger <ref>0600</ref> of her ה.----God commanded Moses to strike the rock for water the first time. The second time he told him to speak to it, but Moses struck it and forfeited the privilege of entering into the promised land. <ref>Nu 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.</ref>:'''lapwing''' ''duwkiyphath'' דוכיפת - beat דוכ <ref>01743</ref> the mystery פ plan י which was finished ם. ----As mentioned previously, the Bible does not say the bat is a bird. It says that it is a 'flying thing'. 'Bird' is a poor translation. The name of the bat suggests one who wanders from the path or deviates from God's will. These should not be our teachers. :'''bat''' ''‘atalleph'' עטלף - turn aside עטף from the teaching ל. =Flying things on all fours =We can discern the direction of this by the symbols we already know. Hands represent works. Feet represent your life. Air is the spirit and earth is the flesh. A flying thing is something intended for the air, or spirit. A crawling thing is in the flesh. It would appear that the general classification was referring to those who should be living in the spirit but who have chosen to live and work in the flesh.  ==Swarming and reproducing ==''Le 11:20 ¶ All fowls that creep [swarm], going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.'' When the hands (works) and feet (life) are in the flesh, it is an abomination. Flying things are supposed to be living in the spirit. It is worse when they reproduce children of the flesh. :'''creep''' ''sherets '' שׁרץ - multiply <ref>08318 ref. 083187</ref>Christians who choose to live in the flesh should not be our teachers. ==Leaping==''Le 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;'' The word for leg is also that for kneel, as if in prayer. And leaping is also 'stripping off' or 'tremble'.:'''leg''' ''kara‘'' כרע - kneel in reverence <ref>03767 ref. 03766 </ref>:'''leap''' ''nathar'' נתר - tremble, strip <ref>05425 ref. 05426</ref> Though their works and life are in the flesh, the leaping into the air shows a desire for the Spirit, accompanied by the attempts to strip off the flesh. Perhaps Paul had this verse in mind when he said we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. <ref>Php 2:12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.</ref> ==Good examples==''Le 11:22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.''

{{th}}|Creeping things are those things which reproduce quickly. The things listed will all be things that God does not want to spread.   '' <ref>{{bgw| Le 11:29 -31 }} These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, Le 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. Le 11:31 These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.''</ref>}}|-{{1c|:'''creeping things... on the earth''' ''sharats '' שׁרץ {{t|שרץ}} - increase abundantly [in the flesh] <ref>08318 ref. 08317</ref>, the ox ''shur'' שר death ץ.}}----{{1c|''The weasel represents the teaching of this age, or this world. ''

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:'''mole''' ''tanshemeth'' {{t|תנשׁמת }}- final ת breath נשׁמת <ref>05397</ref> or the desolate ones <ref>see 'desolate' {{t|הנשמות }} in Jer 33:10</ref>}}|}