H4760 H4760
crop, the food storage organ in a bird's throat (containing partially digested food)
This noun refers to the crop, the enlarged pouch in a bird's gullet where food is stored and softened before digestion. It appears in Leviticus 1:16 in instructions for burnt offerings of birds: the priest is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it beside the altar. The crop contains partially digested food and feathers, making it unsuitable for the altar. The term is anatomical vocabulary specific to avian physiology, showing the precision of priestly regulations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The crop or alimentary pouch of a bird, where food is stored before digestion. Levitical law requires removing this organ (with its impure contents) before burning the bird as an offering. The regulation reflects ritual purity concerns and practical knowledge of bird anatomy. Translations consistently render this as 'crop', with some versions adding explanatory phrases about contents or feathers. 1×
AR["حَوْصَلَتَهُ"]·ben["তার-পাকস্থলী"]·DE["sein-Kropf"]·EN["its-crop"]·FR["son-crop"]·heb["זפקו"]·HI["पोटा-उसका"]·ID["temboloknya"]·IT["suo-gozzo"]·jav["tembolopun"]·KO["그것-의-먹이주머니"]·PT["seu-papo"]·RU["зоб-его"]·ES["buche-suyo"]·SW["tumbo-lake"]·TR["kursağını"]·urd["اُس-کی-پوٹا"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מֻרְאָה] n.f. crop or alimentary canal, of bird, cf. Di-Ry (on form cf. LagBN 81);—וְהֵסִיר אֶת־מֻרְאָתוֹ בְּנֹצָתָהּ Lv 1:16.