Animals

גּוֹזֵל Nestling

Every verse in which this word stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

BirdGematria 46×2 in TanakhFirst appearance:

The gozal, the young of the bird — Avraham's covenant offering, and the eaglets over whom the nesher stirs its nest in Ha'azinu.

Genesis 15:9בראשית טו:ט

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו קְחָה לִי עֶגְלָה מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת וְעֵז מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת וְאַיִל מְשֻׁלָּשׁ וְתֹר וְגוֹזָֽל

And He said unto him: ‘Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.’

Deuteronomy 32:11דברים לב:יא

כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָיו יְרַחֵף יִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ יִשָּׂאֵהוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ

As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, Hovereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her pinions—

Quick answers

What is the Hebrew word for nestling?

Nestling in Hebrew is גוזל, with a gematria of 46 in the standard method.

How many times is the nestling mentioned in the Tanakh?

The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 15:9.

A spelling is not a word. The bare letters גוזל stand 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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