little owl
exact meaning unknown; probably: small type of owl, about 25 cm in length, with a short tail and without ear tufts, which feeds at night mainly on insects and nestlings; it nests in holes in banks or termite hills; Athene noctua; unclean animal, not to be eaten
“little owl.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/little-owl
- bookLeviticus
Priestly handbook from Sinai. Sacrifices, festivals, food laws, and the holiness code. The book that teaches I…
- bookDeuteronomy
Moses's farewell sermons on the plains of Moab, restating the Law for the generation about to cross the Jordan…
- bookPsalms
The hymn- and prayer-book of Israel. 150 poems covering praise, lament, thanksgiving, complaint, and confessio…
- conceptSanctification
The setting apart of a person, place, or thing to God, and the moral transformation that follows. In Christian…
- objectShekel
A silver coin and weight, about 11 grams, used to pay the Temple tax. Thirty silver shekels was the price paid…
- objectEphah
The standard dry measure of ancient Israel — about 22 litres of grain, a large basket. The prophet Amos rails …