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(××, 'eÌ„m, ordinary Hebrew word for “motherâ€): 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 (, ). In the same spirit it enjoined the taking of an animal for slaughter before it had been seven days with its “dam†(; ; compare ).