Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quoting%20commentary for Chagigah 31:8

ששה דברים נאמרו בבני אדם שלשה כמלאכי השרת שלשה כבהמה שלשה כמלאכי השרת יש להם דעת כמלאכי השרת ומהלכין בקומה זקופה כמלאכי השרת ומספרים בלשון הקדש כמלאכי השרת שלשה כבהמה אוכלין ושותין כבהמה ופרין ורבין כבהמה ומוציאין רעי כבהמה:

Six things were said about humans: three like the servicing angels, and three like an animal. Three like the servicing angels: They have knowledge like the servicing angels, the walk upright like the servicing angels, and the speak in the Holy Tongue [ie. hebrew] like the servicing angels. Three like an animal: They eat and drink like an animal, they are fruitful and multiply like an animal, and they relieve themselves like an animal.

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