Objection: bats are classified as birds in Leviticus 11 — Mike's rebuttal using Hebrew 'oph'

The Hebrew word translated 'birds' is 'oph' (or 'uph'), which means any winged creature capable of flight — including birds, bats, and flying insects (like locusts). English lacks a single word for this category, so translators used 'birds' as the closest equivalent even though it is insufficient. This is a translation limitation, not a biblical scientific error. The same Hebrew term encompasses flying insects in the same passage.