Meaning
('em, ordinary Hebrew word for "mother"): Hebrew law prohibited the destruction of the "dam" and the young of birds at the same time, commanding that if the young be taken from a nest the dam be allowed to escape (Deu 22:6, Deu 22:7). In the same spirit it enjoined the taking of an animal for slaughter before it had been seven days with its "dam" (Exo 22:30, Lev 22:27; compare Ex 23:19).
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('em, ordinary Hebrew word for "mother"): Hebrew law prohibited the destruction of the "dam" and the young of birds at the same time, commanding that if the young be taken from a nest the dam be allowed to escape (Deu 22:6, Deu 22:7). In the same spirit it enjoined the taking of an animal for slaughter before it had been seven days with its "dam" (Exo 22:30, Lev 22:27; compare Ex 23:19).
